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Barack Obama
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
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2016-05-27
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Following the summit, Barack Obama becomes the first sitting President of the United States to visit Hiroshima, the site of the first use of an atomic bomb by the U.S. during World War II. Obama calls for nations to reconsider the development of nuclear weapons and eventually eliminate them.
2016-04-25
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The President of the United States Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will send an additional 250 troops to fight ISIL in Syria.
2016-04-24
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/feed/2016/04/24/us-president-barack-obama-rules-out-deploying-us-ground-troops-in-syria-and-says-military-efforts-alone-cannot-solve
U.S. President Barack Obama rules out deploying U.S. ground troops in Syria and says military efforts alone cannot solve the country's problems. He also said he did not think that ISIL would be defeated in his last nine months of office.
2016-04-21
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Barack Obama
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United States President Barack Obama, at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Saudi Arabia, says the United States will continue to deter and confront aggression against Gulf Arab states; joins others in warning the fragile cease-fire in Syria is on the verge of collapse; pledges vigilance about Iran's destabilizing activities in the Middle East; wants Gulf allies to offer more democratic reforms and improve human rights; and, says the U.S. and its Gulf partners should wait to see whether Iraq can resolve its political crisis before committing more financial aid which is impeding the fight against ISIL.
2016-03-26
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U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford makes a proposal to President Barack Obama to increase the number of American troops in Iraq, so as to help the Iraqi Army with advisors closer to the front lines and to recapture Mosul, which fell to ISIL in June 2014.
2015-11-22
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/feed/2015/11/22/united-states-president-barack-obama-orders-an-assessment-of-whether-intelligence-reports-from-us-central-command-were
United States President Barack Obama orders an assessment of whether intelligence reports from U.S. Central Command were changed by supervisory military personnel before formal submission to present a more optimistic picture of the American military campaign against Daesh (Islamic State). The Pentagon's Office of the Inspector General investigators seized emails from military servers over the last few weeks.
2015-10-30
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/feed/2015/10/30/us-president-barack-obama-is-set-to-send-special-operations-forces-to-regions-in-northern-syria-under-kurdish-control
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to send Special Operations forces to regions in northern Syria under Kurdish control to help local forces fight the Islamic State.
2015-10-20
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Barack Obama
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/feed/2015/10/20/canada-s-prime-minister-elect-justin-trudeau-informs-us-president-barack-obama-that-canada-will-be-withdrawing-fighter
Canada's prime-minister elect Justin Trudeau informs U.S. President Barack Obama that Canada will be withdrawing fighter jets from both Iraq and Syria, effectively ending Canada's military participation in the war on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
2014-09-18
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Barack Obama
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The United States Senate passes a budget measure authorising President Barack Obama to equip and train moderate rebels to fight ISIL in Syria.
2010-08-29
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Barack Obama
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/feed/2010/08/29/president-of-the-united-states-barack-obama-pledges-to-restore-the-gulf-coast-on-the-fifth-anniversary-of-hurricane-katr
President of the United States Barack Obama pledges to restore the Gulf Coast on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in a speech in New Orleans.
/feed/2014/08/14/president-obama-announces-that-us-airstrikes-broke-the-is-siege-of-mount-sinjar-allowing-thousands-of-yazidi-refugees
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2014
President Obama announces that U.S airstrikes broke the IS siege of Mount Sinjar, allowing thousands of Yazidi refugees to escape, and declares plans for further airstrikes against IS forces.