Obama says military hitting IS group harder than ever

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said the United States military and allied forces are hitting the Islamic State group harder than ever, after he opened a rare meeting of his National Security Council at the Pentagon on Monday.
The meeting outside the White House is part of a public relations drive to ease Americans’ worries about domestic terrorism ahead of the holidays.
Obama said the Islamic State group’s leaders cannot hide, and the group is losing territory. The pr