Barack Obama left for a three-day European swing Tuesday afternoon
without saying a single word in response to a terrorist video showing
the beheading of Steven Sotloff the second American journalist to die
that way on camera. News of Sotloff's execution broke online at 1:05 pm
as White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest prepared for his daily
briefing with reporters. He said four minutes later that he hadn't heard
the news. By 3:40pm, Obama was lifting off from the South Lawn of the
White House on his way to a waiting Air Force One, which was 'wheels up'
by 4:00pm (above). The president's departure came amid equally
deafening swirls of helicopter rotors and tough questions about whether
and when the U.S. will strike back in a meaningful and public way
against ISIS.
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