US has 'contained' Islamic State group, Obama says

The United States has halted the course of the Islamic State group, President Barack Obama said in remarks broadcast Friday, calling for a stepped up drive to "completely decapitate" the militants' operations. The ABC News interview was recorded Thursday at the White House, hours after the start of a major operation by Iraqi Kurdish forces, backed by US-led strikes, to drive IS out of the northern town of Sinjar. "I don't think they're gaining strength," said Obama.