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Good morning, everybody. Time to givee some you a quick update about the situation in iraq. Meetingy, i convened a with my National Security discuss the situation there and this morning i received an update from my team. Days wevest several seen significant gains made by organizationrist that operates in both iraq and in syria. A terroristof offensive, Iraqi Security forces have proven unable to defend a which hascities allowed the terrorists to overrun part of iraqs territory danger to iraqa and its people, and, given the of these terrorists, it could pose a threat eventually to american inte...

Yes. Why is the president not considering Ground Troops at this point that the administration has had troops there, why is that not on the table . Because we dont believe that thats the approach that we should take in this case. We would agree with senator mccain who made that point today that that was his view. What the president was referring to was the question about contemplating air strikes. I have been saying, ultimately the challenge posed by a group like isil has to be met by the iraqy government and iraqy Security Forces. They can be assisted like they have and are being by the United...

Cigarettes and destroyed tombs. We saw one of the more larger tombs or shrines in iraq being destroyed earlier this year. In terms of public works, they helped build a new market. They have an Electrical Office which helps train and repair Electrical Services throughout the town. They have had a lot of road were done in some areas where they have rehabilitated roads, whether it is in terms of putting up plants in the medians, and they have also been able to continue operating the dam. They have set up an office to provide money for the needy. They claim that this helps also with farmers and th...

Long been simmering there. That has created folder abilities within the Iraqi Government and in the Security Forces. Any action that we may take to iraqie assistance to Security Forces has to be joined by a serious and secure effort asideqi leaders to set sectarian differences, promote stability, and account for the legitimate interests of all iraqs communities and to build an Effective Security force. We cannot do it for them. In the absence of this type of lyrical effort, shortterm military action, including any assistance we might provide, wont succeed. This should be a wake up call. Iraqs ...

Many ideas. But there is also real darkness at the heart of the vision for the next four years. If there is engagement with the sunnis, it is about creating a new class of sunnis from the tribal and political groups at low level and trying to completely reduce and eradicate the National Level leadership of the sunnis. It struck me that the sunnis that wanted to support the sense of there being a Sunni Community who could Work Together, those people are the ones that the Iraqi Government were planning to continue persecuting. And if they were going to involve sunnis in future government, the pl...