Headlines on Bloomberg … staying tuned to see if he has anything more substantive to say.
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More (via Reuters):
- Has asked defence secretary Hagel to prepare a range of options in confronting Islamic State
- Has asked Secretary of State Kerry to travel to middle east to help build coalitition against Islamic State
- Says Ukraine President Poroshenko will visit the White House next month
- Stops short of calling Russian move into Ukraine an invasions, says it is part of months-long incursion