Category: September2014
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Remarks by the President at Milwaukee Laborfest
Henry Maier Festival Park Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1:49 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Milwaukee! (Applause.) Thank you! Oh, it’s good to be back in Milwaukee. Give Chris a big round of applause for that great introduction. (Applause.) Happy Labor Day, everybody. Happy Labor Day. (Applause.) Today is a day that belongs to you –- the working…
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Statement by NSC Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden on the President’s Authorization of Operations in Iraq
Today, consistent with the War Powers Resolution (WPR), the President transmitted to the Congress a report notifying the Congress that he had authorized U.S. Armed Forces to conduct targeted airstrikes in support of an operation to deliver humanitarian assistance to the town of Amirli, where thousands of Shia Turkomen have been cut off from receiving…
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Letter from the President — War Powers Resolution Regarding Iraq
TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE September 1, 2014 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) As I reported on August 8 and 17, 2014, U.S. Armed Forces have conducted targeted airstrikes in Iraq for the limited purposes of…