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11 Sep 2014:
US national security editor Spencer Ackerman breaks down the omissions, inversions and problems of Obama’s Isis speech
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11 Sep 2014: John Boeher says president’s plans may not go far enough but insists ‘We ought to give the president what he’s asking for’
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11 Sep 2014:
Republican hem and haw on how they would confront Isis, as Rand Paul calls Libya ‘a jihadist wonderland’ and Ted Cruz talks about borders
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11 Sep 2014: A year ago, Obama told the nation he was stepping back from military intervention. On Wednesday, he made a starkly different announcement: what amounted to a declaration of war
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11 Sep 2014: Federal investigators looking into incident at Kansas City office of Emanuel Cleaver after smashed alcohol bottles found
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11 Sep 2014:
Does Barack Obama need the US Congress to authorise military action against Isis?
Spencer Ackerman: Shoot first, ask Congress later -
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11 Sep 2014:
President Barack Obama takes to prime-time television in the US to explain why the military will attack the Islamic State network inside Syria
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11 Sep 2014: President to outline new offensive to defeat jihadist group after meeting with advisers to consider air strikes inside Syria
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10 Sep 2014:
US law requires ‘so help me God’ to be included in the oath, though its implementation is left to each branch of the military
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10 Sep 2014: Trevor Timm: Thanks to a say-anything media, hawkish politicians and an Orwellian administration, a once war-weary public is now terrified. Are there any red lines anymore – or just launch buttons?
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10 Sep 2014:
US president Barack Obama meets Congressional leaders in the Oval Office on Tuesday, including House of Representatives speaker John Boehner
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9 Sep 2014:
Officials working to shore up support for expanded strategy against Isis in lead up to president’s foreign policy address
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9 Sep 2014: GOP-controlled House voted to condemn Obama for failing to give 30 days notice to Congress about the exchange
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9 Sep 2014: Former vice-president meets behind closed doors with House GOP as hawks clamour for ramped-up military confrontation
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8 Sep 2014:
Obama considers focusing on Isis bases in Syria as study finds jihadis have anti-tank rockets seized from rival rebels there
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