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Obama aims to degrade and destroy Islamic group
President vows no new US ground forces in Iraq
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President Barack Obama addresses the nation Wednesday night from the Cross Hall in the White House in Washington. Obama ordered the United States into a broad military campaign to “degrade and ultimately destroy” militants in two volatile Middle East nations, authorizing airstrikes inside Syria for the first time, as well as an expansion of strikes in Iraq.
President Barack Obama ordered the United States into an expanded military effort to “degrade and ultimately destroy” Islamic State militants in a televised address to the nation Wednesday night. Obama authorized airstrikes inside Syria for the first time as well as an expansion of strikes in Iraq. Obama also announced he was dispatching nearly 500 more U.S. troops to Iraq to assist that country’s security forces, but vowed the U.S. will not re-enter a ground war in the region.