STEVEN SOTLOFF: US President Obama issued a statement on the brutal murder of journalist Steven Sotloff by the Islamic State, during a joint press conference with the Estonian President Toomas Ilves on Wednesday.
Speaking about the Islamic State's motives for the murder of Sotloff, Obama said, "they make the absurd claim that they kill in the name of religion, but it was Steven, his friends say, who deeply loved the Islamic world. His killers try to claim that they defend the oppressed, but it was Steven who traveled across the Middle East, risking his life to tell the story of Muslim men and women demanding justice and dignity." Obama then reassured that "justice," for the journalist's murder, would "be served."
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