05/05/2009
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"If we believe that it would be useful to discuss counter-ISIL efforts with Iran, we may do that on the margins of the P5+1 talks, as we have done in the past."
"They have no legitimacy. They are not an Islamic state."
"I mean, Iraq was on the brink 2 months ago, and many people were talking about, oh, my god, is it going to break up?"
"I remember the hours we sat in the situation room in the White House working with our brilliant military."