The President's News Conference in London
04/01/2009
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This is not going to be an announcement about U.S. ground troops.
We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL the same way we have gone after al-Qaeda, in the same way that we have gone after the al-...
Turkey obviously serves an extraordinarily important role in the alliance.
I want to express my appreciation for the cooperation between U.S. and Turkish both military and intelligence services.