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Published February 19, 2015

WASHINGTON President Obama defended his administrations approach to the terror threat at a White House summit Wednesday, standing by claims that groups like the Islamic State do not represent Islam -- as well as assertions that job creation could help combat extremism.

Obama, addressing the Washington audience on the second day of the summit, said the international community needs to address grievances that terrorists exploit, including economic and political issues.

He stressed that poverty alone doesnt cause terrorism, but resentments fester and extremism grows when millions of people are impoverished.

We do have to address the grievances that terrorists exploit including economic grievances, he said.

He also said no single religion was responsible for violence and terrorism, adding he wants to lift up the voice of tolerance in the United States and beyond.

Obamas address came as Republican lawmakers and others criticized the administration for declining to describe the threat as Islamic terrorism.

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf has also come under fire for suggesting several times this past week that more jobs could help address the terrorism crisis.

On Tuesday, Rob O'Neill, former Navy SEAL Team 6 member who claims to have fired the shot that killed Usama bin Laden, told Fox News: "They get paid to cut off heads -- to crucify children, to sell slaves and to cut off heads and I don't think that a change in career path is what's going to stop them."

Obama also called on Muslim leaders to do more to discredit the notion that our nations are determined to suppress Islam, that there is an inherent clash in civilizations.

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Obama says world should address grievances that terrorists exploit