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President Obama is expected to give an update on the fight against ISIS Monday after getting briefed on the effort by military leaders.
The president's remarks will take place at the Pentagon, where he and his national security advisers will learn more about the United States' work to oppose ISIS' growing influence in Iraq, Syria and around the world. That has included airstrikes, training missions, campaigns against online recruiting, and attempts to curtail ISIS' ability to raise money.
Ahead of Obama's meetings, the White House sharply criticized Senate Republicans for failing to confirm Adam Szubin, Obama's nominee to be the Treasury undersecretary responsible for choking off funding to groups like ISIS.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Republicans had refused to "even give him the time of day for a hearing" since Obama nominated Szubin in April, adding that the Senate should confirm him before lawmakers go home for their annual August recess.
"It's time for Republicans in the Senate to do their jobs for a change," Earnest said.
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