Today, I authorize two operation in Iraq, targeted air strikes to protect our American personnel and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of Iraqi civilians who are trapped on a mountain without food and water and facing almost certain death.
President Obama announces military action in Iraq to protect American personnel and provide humanitarian aid.
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