President Obama "Appalled" by Islamic State Murder of U.S. Photographer

Connecticut Public Radio | By The Associated Press

Published August 20, 2014 at 1:11 PM EDT

President Barack Obama speaking on Wednesday from Martha's Vineyard.

President Barack Obama said the United States will continue to confront Islamic State extremists despite the brutal murder of journalist James Foley.

Obama said the entire world is "appalled" by Foley's killing. The president said he spoke Wednesday with Foley's family and offered condolences.

Obama said the Islamic State abducts women and children, and tortures, rapes, enslaves, and kills people. He said the Islamic State targets Christians and other minorities and aims to commit genocide.

Obama spoke Wednesday from Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, where he is vacationing with his family, a day after the militants released a video showing the American journalist being beheaded.

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