Obama to detail new plans to hunt down ISIS in speech - CBS News
"Over the course of months, we are going to be able to not just blunt the momentum of (ISIS)," the president said in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press. "We are going to systematically degrade their capabilities. We're going to shrink the territory that they control. And ultimately we're going to defeat them."
"We will hunt down [ISIS] members and assets wherever they are," Mr. Obama added. "I will reserve the right to always protect the American people and go after folks who are trying to hurt us wherever they are."
But that plan will not include putting U.S. troops on the ground in Syria, the president promised, saying that would be a "profound mistake."