Why does the Obama administration say ‘ISIL’ while everyone else says ‘ISIS’?

By Becket Adams

Published September 8, 2014 8:58pm ET

The Islamic State, the terrorist group that has rampaged across Iraq and Syria, is often referred to by the press and U.S. lawmakers as “ISIS,” meaning the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.”

However, the Obama administration has been curiously insistent on referring to the deadly terror cell as “ISIL,” meaning the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” prompting several to question the White House’s motives.