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President Obama's strategy for dealing with the spread of the Islamic State, the ultra-violent extremist group that has terrorized much of the Middle East, is muddled at best and incoherent at worst, according to certain NBC News pundits.

"This administration has long struggled to explain its strategy against ISIS," NBC's Richard Engel said Wednesday.

And it continues to struggle, he added, now that the Obama administration and the Pentagon appear to be at odds over how best to combat the violent Islamic group.

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