Haines was abducted last year in Syria, and extremists released a video on Saturday showing his beheading.
In a statement, Obama says the United States stands shoulder to shoulder with Britain in, quote, “grief and resolve.” The president says the U.S. will work with Britain and a broad collation of nations to bring to justice those who committed what he calls an “outrageous act.”
Repeating a message from his Wednesday night address laying out a strategy for attacking the Islamic State group, Obama says the coalition will degrade and destroy the threat the extremists pose to people around the world.
source: newsinfo.inquirer.net
