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President Obama’s planned address to the nation on Wednesday will not intended not just to give the American public a better understanding of his administration’s strategy for the Islamic State, but will also serve to communicate his plans to Congress. He will later seek congressional approval before moving forward, even if he doesn’t necessarily need it, he said on Meet the Press.
“I’m confident that I’ve got the authorization I need to protect the American people, and I’m always going to do what’s necessary to protect the American people,” he told Chuck Todd. “But I do think it’s important for Congress to understand what the plan is, to have buy-in, to debate it.”
“This speech will allow Congress, I think, to understand very clearly and very specifically what is that we are doing, and what we’re not doing,” the president said, offering general details about the strategy, which involves working with an international coalition and Kurdish forces.