The White House has a lot of catching up to do before it can say it has a plan to tackle the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), or ISIL, the al Qaeda offshoot that has been taking over parts of Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Obama said Sunday that the fight against ISIL has not been over and that there is still a long way to go before ISIL can be defeated militarily.
Obama also said that the administration would continue working with the international community to fight ISIL, which has also claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in the United States, including an attack on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
