White House Confirms Kassig Execution Video Authentic, Offers Condolences

The White House has confirmed that a video showing the execution of Peter "Abdul-Rahman" Kassig, a former U.S. Army Ranger captured by the Islamic State group, is authentic. President Barack Obama issued a statement, expressing condolences to Kassig's family and condemning the group responsible. "Abdul-Rahman was taken from us in an act of pure evil by a terrorist group that the world rightly associates with inhumanity," Obama said. "Like Jim Foley and Steven Sotloff before him, his life and dee...