White House: 'Sense of urgency' after Paris attacks
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Obama administration officials said Thursday that the terrorist attacks on Paris have renewed the sense of urgency among the 65-member coalition combating the self-proclaimed Islamic State, but couldn't give any new specifics on what they are doing to stop the Sunni terrorist group.
"[T]here is a new sense of urgency; and I think we do want to take that sense of urgency and make it concrete," Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes told reporters traveling with President Obama in Asia on Thursday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}However, the actions he cited are all things the administration has previously touted or have occurred since Friday's attacks in Paris. They include a new intelligence sharing agreement between Washington and Paris, additional French sorties on Islamic State targets, Russian bombing of Islamic State targets, and additional U.S. takeoffs from a Turkish base.