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Sen. Barbara Boxer on the US response to Islamic militants
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Sep 10, 2014
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Sen. Barbara Boxer on the US response to Islamic militants
As President Obama is set to speak Wednesday on the U.S. strategy for an Islamic militant group also called ISIS, Senator Barbara Boxer discusses the U.S. response.
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) looks on during a hearing on sexual assaults in the miitary March 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. The hearing on sexual assault was before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Personnel Subcommittee chaired by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) looks on during a hearing on sexual assaults in the miitary March 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. Boxer weighs in on the U.S. response to Islamic militant group ISIS.
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As President Obama is set to speak Wednesday on the U.S. strategy for an Islamic militant group also called ISIS, Senator Barbara Boxer discusses the U.S. response.

President Obama is set to deliver a speech Wednesday night, outlining his plan to respond to the threat of Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria, a group calling itself the Islamic State. 

Related: Obama to speak Wednesday on US strategy against ISIS

The plan is unlikely to include U.S. combat boots on the ground, said U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Instead, that should come from local players.

"If you look in Iraq, you see the Kurds, you see the Iraqis now getting their act together now that they have got a new government," said Senator Boxer. "These are the people who have the most at stake in the region."