
Readout of the President's Meeting with the National Security Council on Countering ISIL
This afternoon, the President met with his National Security Council to discuss our comprehensive strategy to counter the threat posed by ISIL in Iraq and Syria. He received an update on the airstrikes in Iraq and Syria undertaken by the U.S. military and our international partners, and the impact of these operations on ISIL. The President discussed with his national security team the importance of making progress on implementing the non-military aspects of the strategy, including organizing partner nation contributions along the multiple lines of effort that underpin our strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL. The President was also briefed on the effects of U.S. airstrikes in Syria on the Khorasan Group.
Participants in today's meeting included:
The Vice President
Secretary of State John Kerry
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
Attorney General Eric Holder
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson (via secure video)
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough
National Security Advisor Susan Rice
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power (via secure video)
Counselor to the President John Podesta
White House Counsel Neil Eggleston
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey
U.S. Central Command Commander Lloyd Austin (via secure video)
Director of the FBI James Comey (via secure video)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shaun Donovan
Deputy National Security Advisor Antony Blinken
Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes
Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Rand Beers
White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and Gulf Region Philip Gordon
Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, General John Allen (retired)
Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk
Barack Obama, Readout of the President's Meeting with the National Security Council on Countering ISIL Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/307585