Obama To Deliver Statement On ISIS' Beheading Of American Journalist James Foley
Brett LoGiurato
44 minutes ago
President Barack Obama will make a statement at 12:45 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the White House said, in the aftermath of the beheading of an American journalist by the extremist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL).
The White House's National Security Council said Wednesday that the video released by the group, which has since been removed from YouTube, is authentic. The video showed a member of the group executing American journalist James Foley, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012.
"We have reached the judgment that this video is authentic. We will continue to provide updates as they are available," NSC spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said in a statement.