Remarks at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Stamping Plant in Liberty
09/19/2013
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Iraq is not a perfect place. It has many challenges ahead, but we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq.
This raises the prospect of an act of genocide in which you see the targeted effort to eliminate a group of people based on their identity.
When the lives of American citizens are at risk, we will take action. That's my responsibility as commander-in-chief.
He also authorized airstrikes to try to break the siege of around this mountain by ISIS forces.