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Last updated: 3:25 am February 28, 2009 Posted: 2:00 am February 28, 2009 YESTERDAY, President Obama went to Camp Lejeune. He spoke in front of US Marines, but his real audience was his left-wing campaign supporters. And his carefully worded speech - its parsing of language worthy of Bill ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/27/2009 — Today: Obama Giving Speech On Iraq Pullout Timeline
President Obama will be speaking at 11:45 a.m. from the Camp Lejeune military base in North Carolina, where he will be laying out his plan for a withdrawal from Iraq. The plan will involve the ...
Obama Announces Iraq Withdrawal Plans
outsidethebeltway.com 2/27/2009 — Making good on his campaign promise, today President Obama announced that all U. S. troops will have been withdrawn from Iraq by August 2011 and all “combat bridades” will have been withdrawn by August 2010:
In remarks prepared for ...
A word from somewhere near Camp Lejeune
powerlineblog.com 2/28/2009 — A reader writes in response to the post below:
I am a Marine Corps spouse living in [town deleted], North Carolina. We are between MCAS Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune...[Identifying information regarding her husband's command responsibility has ...
Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: "Obama declares war"
directorblue.blogspot.com 3/1/2009 — Have a great link you'd like me to review? Drop me an email!Obama declares war: KudlowWilders in Washington: his speech at the Capitol: EuroNewsObama skips National Anthem at Camp Lejeune: Hal TurnerCast in stone: war consigned to history: Crittenden"Your conscience means nothing to me": ...
The sludge of hate washes higher on our shores
crooksandliars.com 3/6/2009 — Download | Play Download | Play When President Obama visited Camp Lejeune this morning, you have to wonder if this story was somewhere in the back of his mind: A federal grand jury indicted a former Camp Lejeune Marine on Wednesday ...
Blackfive: The difference... —
Victory Caucus -- All Content
The Real Revo has put up a video showing the difference between the reactions of the Marines at Camp Lejeune to George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama. Update: Mr. Wolf sends this clip of Soldiers and the former President:...read (http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/03/the-difference.html)
Pentagon Podcast: Gates and Mullen —
Political Punch
For the ABC News Shuffle Podcast this week, we're playing the interview with Defense Secretary Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I interviewed them Friday at Camp Lejeune after President Obama made his announcement...
Obama on Iraq Timetable: There's Always a Plan B —
Weekly Standard Blog
Last week, before delivering his address on Iraq at Camp Lejeune, President Obama met with members of the House and Senate leadership, Secretary Gates, and Admiral Mullen to discuss his plan for withdrawal. Following the meeting, Congressman John McHugh (R-NY), ranking member of the House Armed ...
Compare And Contrast —
Nice Deb
Remember how the troops regularly greeted President Bush when he entered the room? Here’s an example from Iraq, last December:
This response by the Marines at Camp Lejeune was described by the CNN news anchor as, “tepid”:
Now, that appears to be a stunning lack ...
Barack Obama channels George Aiken —
The Reality-Based Community
Aiken was the Republican Senator from Vermont who proposed during the War in Vietnam that the President "declare victory get out."
That's the Obama strategy for Iraq, as embodied in his Camp Lejeune speech. All combat forces out in nineteen months (up from the proposed sixteen), leaving ...
War, and War’s Alarms —
Neptunus Lex
The war in Iraq is winding down, the president said in a speech thanking Camp Lejeune Marines and their families for the sacrifices they have made. Christian Bose, writing for Foreign Policy, says that the president might have gone out on a limb and thanked the man who made success there ...
On the surge, for the record —
Power Line
Yesterday President Obama announced his plan to terminate combat operations in Iraq late next year. In his speech yesterday before a military audience at Camp Lejeune, Obama conceded:
Thanks in great measure to your service, the situation in Iraq has improved. Violence has been reduced ...
Obama: 'Exit strategy' for Aghanistan too —
The Swamp
by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama, who spelled out his plans for withdrawing American troops from Iraq today, says he went to the Marines' Camp Lejeune for the announcement both to thank and "to be very clear about our plans in Iraq, and that we are going to bring this war to an end.''
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Obama vows Iraq troop withdrawal —
News
Speaking at Camp LeJeune, President Obama laid out his plans for Iraq. Bridget has the story and below are the highlights. Check out Obama's full remarks as prepared for delivery after the jump.
Here are the highlights:
By August 31, 2010, all combat troops will be withdrawn
Between 35,000 ...
Obama's Camp Lejeune Speech —
The Washington Note
Very interesting speech by Obama today on bringing the Iraq War to a close.
Obama stated moments ago that troop levels in Iraq will be brought down to 50,000 by August 2010 -- and then all forces will be removed by the end of 2011.
America's financial crisis is driving much of this. ...
Obama Says Troops are Coming Home: Are we ready to welcome them? —
TPMCafe
President Obama traveled to Camp Lejeune today to announce the eventual drawdown of combat troops in Iraq. There's sure to be a lot of discussion about the details of the timeline, and a lot of politics getting in the way of any coherent military analysis.
But whether it is 16 months or 19 ...
Obama addresses troops, Iraqis —
Ben Smith's Blog
Speaking at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Obama set another deadline: "Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end."
He also said the troops in Iraq have "succeeded beyond any expectation," and addressed the Iraqis ...
Obama Promises End to Combat in Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010 —
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on "Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq" in Camp Lejeune, N.C., today. His speech, as prepared for delivery, follows: Good morning Marines. Good morning Camp Lejeune. Good morning Jacksonville. Thank you for that outstanding welcome. I want to thank ...
Obama's Iraq Speech: Video, Full Text —
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Video of President Obama's speech will be added soon.
Remarks of President Barack Obama - As Prepared for Delivery
Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Friday, February 27, 2009
Good morning Marines. Good morning Camp Lejeune. Good morning ...
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