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16 Sep, 2014

Foley mission ‘riskiest ever’

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Gen. Dempsey tells the Senate that the mission to rescue Foley – which ultimately failed – was the riskiest ever attempted:

Having been at this some time, it was the most complex, highest risk mission we’ve ever undertaken.

He says this may provide some solace to Foley’s family, who have said that the government did not offer them enough help.

3 Sep, 2014

Biden warns ISIS

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Biden says the U.S. is grieving the deaths of Foley and Sotloff and will bring ISIS to justice:

They should know we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. Because hell is where they will reside. Hell is where they will reside.

He says America will not be intimidated by brutal acts like the beheading by ISIS of the two journalists:

We came back after 9/11. We dusted ourselves off and we made sure that Osama bin Laden would never, ever again threaten the American people. We came back after Boston strong, blaming no one but resolving to be certain that this didn’t happen again. As a nation, we’re united, and when people harm Americans, we don’t retreat. We don’t forget.

19 Aug, 2014

Reacts to James Foley’s murder

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Obama tells reporters on Martha’s Vineyard that “the entire world is appalled” by Foley’s murder:

No just God would stand for what they did yesterday or every single day,” he said. “A group like ISIL has no place in the 21st century…They have rampaged across cities and villages killing innocent, unarmed civilians in cowardly acts of violence. They abduct women and children and subject them to torture and rape and slavery. There has to be a common effort to extract this cancer so that it doesn’t spread.

His full remarks can be seen here