05/05/2009
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"The President absolutely, clearly, by almost any legal standard that I can imagine is not violating the Constitution."
"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."
"We do not want this just to be-- this is not just an American effort."
"The President rightly understands that it is vital to undercut extremist recruiting among the disaffected Sunni Arab population."