"President Obama will give a speech next week outlining his strategy for taking on the threat posed by ISIS, ABC News has learned.
The president will use the speech to outline the nature of the threat -- serious, but not an imminent threat to the homeland -- and the strategy for confronting it.
It is not expected that he will make any major new announcements such as a decision on Syria air strikes, but he will describe the efforts he is already taking, including air strikes in Iraq and building an international coalition.
In other words, the president wants to leave no doubt he does in fact have a strategy for taking on ISIS despite his words two weeks ago -- "We don't have a strategy yet" -- when asked about taking on ISIS in Syria."
As is pro forma in Washington, DC, the general direction of the President's strategy has already been leaked.
202 years ago this week, First Lady Dolly Madison saved the famous portrait of George Washington from the White House during the War of 1812. If it happened today, Obama would probably save his golf clubs!~~FB comment