Obama's day: Central Command

President Obama spends Wednesday in Tampa meeting with military commanders about his strategy against the Islamic State.

Obama, who spent the night in Florida, will visit the U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, which supervises military activity in a 20-nation area in the Middle East and Central and South Asia.

That includes Iraq and Syria, where the Islamic State — also known as ISIL or ISIS — controls large swaths of territory. Obama is backing a plan to roll back the militant jihadists through U.S. airstrikes and the training of local military forces.

"The president will receive a briefing from his top commanders at CENTCOM, and thank the men and women who will partner with others in the region to carry out the president's strategy to degrade and destroy ISIL," says the White House schedule.

The plan includes the prospect of airstrikes in Syria. The U.S. began air attacks in Iraq last month.

The conference in Tampa comes a day after Obama announced an expanded plan to contain the spread of the Ebola virus, an effort also led by the U.S. military.

After the visit to Central Command in Tampa, Obama returns to Washington for an evening event: A White House picnic for members of Congress.