Obama to talk terror fight at summit - Thehill

The Obama administration is using a three-day summit on countering violent extremism to soothe growing concerns about its ability to combat terrorism.

President Obama will speak twice at the conference, which will attract representatives from 60 countries to Washington to focus on ways to prevent radicalism in the United States and around the world.

While the summit has been in the works for months, it comes at a critical time for an administration that has come under criticism for its efforts to fight terrorism.

Fifty-seven percent polled in a CNN/ORC poll released Monday disapproved of both Obama’s handling of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and more broadly, of his foreign policy. That follows a string of executions by ISIS and the death of American hostage Kayla Jean Mueller.
Republicans in Congress have also taken aim at what they see as Obama’s resistance to engaging in a direct fight with Islamic radicalism.

“How can you talk about defeating an enemy you cannot name?” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said Tuesday in a statement.   Read More

Obama to talk terror fight at summit

White House to host summit on extremism