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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 09, 2014, 02:27:33 pm
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BREAKING: President Obama to deliver another statement on Iraq at 10:25 a.m. ET, White House says
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Unless he’s canceling his 2 week vacation in Martha’s Vineyard, he’ll say nothing
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Obama stands on South Lawn talking about his airstrikes in Iraq while standing in front of Marine One helicopter
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FloridaJayhawk @HouseCracka 44s
OBAMA LIES KURDS HAVE RECEIVED NO MILITARY HELP FROM USA OR MALIKI GOVT
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Capital Journal @WSJPolitics 20s
Obama: We continue to pursue a broader strategy in #Iraq. We will continue to provide military assistance.
Jeff Zeleny @jeffzeleny 22s
Obama said he talked to Britain and French leaders today, underscoring the Iraq strikes are global humanitarian effort.
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Razor @hale_razor 26s
Obama: we'll stand by our partners and allies. Bibi just spit out his coffee.
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Zeke Miller @ZekeJMiller 1m
Obama says Cameron and Hollande "Have agreed to join us in providing humanitarian assistance"
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James Oliphant @jamesoliphant 52s
Obama emphasizes that "all" of Iraq is threatened by the "barbaric terrorists" of ISIS.
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Mark Knoller @markknoller 1m
In response to a question, Pres Obama says he won't offer a timetable on how long US airstrikes will continue in Iraq.
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Roger Simon @politicoroger 35s
Obama: "We feel confident we can keep ISIL from going up a mountain and slaughtering the people there."
USA TODAY @USATODAY 1m
"We aren't moving our embassy anytime soon. We aren't moving our consulate anytime soon," President Obama says of U.S. in Iraq
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Jonathan Karl @jonkarl 9s
The "No More Benghazis"doctrine
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Mark Knoller @markknoller 33s
Once again, Pres Obama emphatic that "we’re not going to have US combat troops in Iraq again."
Zeke Miller @ZekeJMiller 37s
Obama: "We should have learned a lesson from our long and immensely costly incursion in Iraq"
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rambling now.....sheeeeesh!
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Patrick Dollard @PatDollard 52s
@BarackObama just said ISIS only exists because Iraqis couldn't make "political accommadations" with them. This man is lying filth
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John McCain @SenJohnMcCain 1m
President still doesn't seem to understand the nature of ISIS threat to US, as his CIA, DHS, FBI, DNI, & DOJ leaders have warned
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Katherine Miller @katherinemiller 2m
Did we underestimate ISIS? "There is no doubt" that their movement has been "more rapid" than anticipated, Obama says.
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Roger Simon @politicoroger 19s
Obama: "I don't think we're going to solve this problem in weeks. It's going to take some time."
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James Oliphant @jamesoliphant 16s
This is a statement that sounds much more like the beginning of something than the end of it.
BI: Politics @bi_politics 23s
Obama says he will consider broader use of military strikes in Iraq http://
James Oliphant @jamesoliphant 5s
Obama: "The US military can't do it for them." But it sounds like Iraq can't do it w/o the US military
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Now blaming Bush
James Oliphant @jamesoliphant 32s
Obama asked if he has second thoughts about pulling ground troops out of Iraq: Says it was Bush's deal with Iraq govt
Doug Powers @ThePowersThatBe 33s
"Let's be clear"... this is Bush's fault.
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James Oliphant @jamesoliphant 56s
Obama wonders why anyone would think he would override that deal with Iraq govt.
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Max Fisher @Max_Fisher 2m
Obama being self-generous with his narrative here. Maliki was clearly open to being persuaded on US troop immunity / inviting troops to stay
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ROTLMFAO!! Just took BHO 20 minutes to blame Bush for Iraq. That's the longest he ever held out!
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Mark Knoller @markknoller 2m
Pres Obama says its "bogus" to blame him for not leaving US ground forces in Iraq. Says it was the Iraqi decision.
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Ron Fournier @ron_fournier 1m
"Self-candid" -- nice way to describe Obama just now, somewhere between truth and a lie.
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What happen to Obama's famous, "Duty to protect" doctrine, the one he used to step on Congress like a bug and start a war in Libya?
We only have a 'duty to protect' Libyans?
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Katherine Miller @katherinemiller 2m
Did we underestimate ISIS? "There is no doubt" that their movement has been "more rapid" than anticipated, Obama says.
So they're not the JV team wearing Lakers' uniforms?