On September 17, 2014, President Obama spoke to servicemembers at MacDill Air Force Base about the U.S. strategy to degrade and destroy ISIL and to combat the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
In this week’s address, the President reiterated his comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group ISIL.
On September 11, 2014, President Obama and the First Lady attended the September 11th Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon, to mark the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in 2001.