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Title: Obama mentions Iranian victims of chemical weapons in U.N. speech
Post by: mystery-ak on September 24, 2013, 02:48:18 pm
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/obama-mentions-iranian-victims-chemical-weapons-u-n-143534004.html (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/obama-mentions-iranian-victims-chemical-weapons-u-n-143534004.html)

Obama mentions Iranian victims of chemical weapons in U.N. speech
ReutersReuters – 10 minutes ago

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday mentioned Iranian victims of chemical weapons in his speech at the U.N. General Assembly in what seemed a gesture to the new government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

In his address, Obama said the global consensus against the use of chemical weapons had been strengthened by memories of "soldiers suffering in trenches, Jews slaughtered in gas chambers, Iranians poisoned in the many tens of thousands."
Title: Re: Obama mentions Iranian victims of chemical weapons in U.N. speech
Post by: mystery-ak on September 24, 2013, 02:48:50 pm
He's been talking forever...I couldn't take it anymore and muted him.
Title: Re: Obama mentions Iranian victims of chemical weapons in U.N. speech
Post by: mystery-ak on September 24, 2013, 02:59:06 pm
Mark Knoller ‏@markknoller 4m

Pres Obama exceeded UN 15-minute rule by 28 mins. His speech ran 43mins.
Title: Re: Obama mentions Iranian victims of chemical weapons in U.N. speech
Post by: mystery-ak on September 24, 2013, 03:06:53 pm
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/359368/obama-world-more-stable-it-was-five-years-ago-andrew-johnson (http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/359368/obama-world-more-stable-it-was-five-years-ago-andrew-johnson)

 Obama: ‘World Is More Stable than It Was Five Years Ago’
By  Andrew Johnson
September 24, 2013 10:40 AM

Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama justified the NSA’s spying programs, arguing they have helped to stabilize the world in the five years since he took office.

“As a result of this work, and the cooperation of its allies and partners, the world is more stable than it was five years ago,” the president said on Tuesday morning.

Nonetheless, Obama also told the audience that the United States would review its surveillance practices due to concerns raised by the international community. Prior to the president’s speech, in her own remarks, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff sharply criticized the U.S. program, calling it a “breach of international law” and “totally unacceptable.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xkMEir_jrE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xkMEir_jrE)
Title: Re: Obama mentions Iranian victims of chemical weapons in U.N. speech
Post by: flowers on September 24, 2013, 05:08:07 pm
Mark Knoller ‏@markknoller 4m

Pres Obama exceeded UN 15-minute rule by 28 mins. His speech ran 43mins.
Oh really he broke a rule....shocking just shocking.
Title: Re: Obama mentions Iranian victims of chemical weapons in U.N. speech
Post by: Rapunzel on September 24, 2013, 07:04:00 pm
No one loves to hear Barry Sotero talk more than Barry Sotero.