04/06/2009
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"We are taking action to alleviate a very unique humanitarian crisis."
"ISIL is not fighting for a stronger Iraq."
"When we face a situation like we do on that mountain with innocent people facing the prospect of violence on a horrific scale... the United States of America cannot turn in blind eye."
"President Obama has acted expeditiously and appropriately in authorizing targeted military action and providing significant humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq at this very difficult moment ..."