How far can Obama pass the buck?

By Washington Examiner

Published September 30, 2014 9:00am ET

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How far can Obama pass the buck? — Was President Obama caught flat-footed by the rise of the Islamic State? When asked, he offered this answer in Sunday's 60 Minutes interview: "Our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that, I think, they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria."Â (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Was President Obama caught flat-footed by the rise of the Islamic State? When asked, he offered this answer in Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview: “Our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that, I think, they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria.”

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