Obama Mourns Journalist: Islamic State 'Has No Place in the 21st Century'

n one of his most forceful denunciations of
Islamic State militants to date, President Barack
Obama on Wednesday condemned the group's
barbaric beheading of an American journalist.
"The entire world is appalled by the brutal
murder of Jim Foley," Obama said in his first
remarks since the release of the gruesome online
video by the Islamic State (also known as ISIL
or ISIS).
Despite his outrage, Obama gave no indication
that he planned to curtail airstrikes against
Islamic State fighters in Iraq, even as the
militants threatened the life of a second hostage
journalist unless the U.S. changed course.
The president appeared angered and grim as he
spoke from Martha's Vineyard, where he is
vacationing. He said he had talked to the
journalist's family and told them that "we are all
heartbroken for their loss."