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President Obama Holds News Conference Following National Security Council Meeting

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President Obama speaks to reporters following a meeting with his National Security Council.

President Barack Obama is assessing what's working and what's not in the fight against the Islamic State group as the U.S. military ramps up its engagement in Libya. 

After meeting Thursday with military and national security advisers at the Pentagon, Obama plans to take questions during a news conference.

Watch the press conference, scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm:

The session comes as the U.S. bombs targets in and around the Libyan city of Sirte, in a notable expansion of the U.S.-led coalition's military mission against IS.

Obama typically convenes meetings of the National Security Council at the White House, but over the past year he has occasionally held them at other agencies like the State Department and the CIA. The goal of the road show at the Pentagon is to illustrate the multifaceted U.S. approach to defeating IS.

Follow the White House's live Twitter feed for updates from the speech:

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