Watch President Obama's statement on Iraq on CNN and CNN.com at 1:15 p.m. ET on Thursday.

SEE VIDEO AT URL BELOW, expected announcement today at 1:15 p.m. ET:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/19/politics/us-iraq/index.html

Washington (CNN) -- Up to 100 U.S. special forces -- probably Green Berets, Army Rangers and Navy SEALs -- would go to Iraq to advise its military and collect intelligence under a Pentagon plan offered to President Barack Obama, according to several U.S. officials.

An announcement on the plan could come Thursday, though the officials made clear that Obama will decide whether to accept it and when to announce it.
The White House initially said Obama would make a statement on the situation in Iraq at 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, after meeting with his national security team. The timing of the statement was pushed back to 1:15 p.m.
Obama is under pressure to help the embattled Iraqi government stave off a lightning advance toward Baghdad by Sunni fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

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No thank you, Valerie, for I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to watch him in that video--PERIOD.

When ever he comes on the news channels...I hit that **MUTE** button sooo fast that it would make your head swim. Or, I switch channels so that I don't have to look at him either.

Thanks, anyhoo.

Maranatha!
Tammy

Tammy, there was also a write up on the same link so you didn't have
to watch the video, instead could read, what he had to say.
Anyways, this is the latest on it below.

You can read the rest of it on the link below:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/19/politics/us-iraq/index.html

Obama says 'small number' of military advisers going to Iraq

Washington (CNN) -- Seeking a middle ground between calls for tough military action and none at all, President Barack Obama said Thursday he was sending up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to help the embattled government hold off a lightning advance from the north by Sunni militants.

Obama told White House reporters the goal was to prevent a civil war in Iraq that could destabilize the region, and also prevent creation of a terrorist safe haven in northern Iraq and neighboring Syria from which U.S. enemies could plan and launch attacks against American interests.

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/19/politics/us-iraq/index.html

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