
Oil Prices Unaffected despite Additional Russia Sanctions and Obama’s Pledge to Ramp up Action in Middle East
President Obama addressed the nation on Wednesday night, urging Congress to increase funding, assistance and conduct “a series of strategic airstrikes” against the Islamic State, or ISIL, the group marching across Iraq that recently beheaded two American journalists on Internet broadcasts. The President vowed to support the Iraqi government by providing military training and supplies, but stopped short of placing