Dan Coats says Obama speech is welcome policy reversal

WASHINGTON - Indiana Sen. Dan Coats has been a long-time critic of President Barack Obama's foreign policy, but he called Wednesday night's address to the nation on the Islamic State's terrorism threat a "welcome reversal."

The Hoosier Republican, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said Obama "has finally grasped the true nature of the threat that ISIL poses, and his response to begin the process of taking down this so-called caliphate is welcome news."

"The president's speech was a sharp, welcome reversal to his previous comments on foreign policy," Coats said in a statement after the president's speech.

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