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On the president s announcement and how it is playing on the editorial pages of major newspapers around the country. Our phone lines are open. Democrats can call in at 2025853881. Independents host you can also catch up with us on your favorite social media pages. A very good wednesday morning to you. That announcement by the president yesterday in the rose garden, playing on the front pages of most every major newspaper around the country today here. The president s hometown newspaper, the washington to remain after the war, the goal is largely what the military requested, is what the Washington Post writes. In usa today, obama u. S. Allout by end of 2016. The picture of u. S. Troops there in cavesistan, living with weapons caches, that is the picture there. Want to show you now a little bit more from the president s speech in which he explains how he is going from 9800 troops at the beginning of next year to essentially zero troops at the end of 2016. Here is what he had to say. At t
The secretary of state john kerry is lobbying to get turkish leaders to joint the fight against i. S. Something that theyve been reluctant to do bubbl publicly so far. They may have 31,000 fighters. Al jazeera looks at how the group has been able to recruit so many fighters. Reporter theyre well armed and well financed. Rising to permanence across syria and iraq. But its their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. The group known as the Islamic State is growing. Initially their numbers were estimated and 10,000 but now they say 30,000 men could be fighting under their banner. There appears to be little agreement or clarity how the i. S. Group has grown so quickly. Experts say that the failed Foreign Policy failure is to blame. Its really a failure for much of the west and how theyve been fighting terrorism in the last 13 years and looking at the force on force. You do have to address those root causes, the disenfranchis disenfranchisement of the sunnies in iraq as why then
More bombs announced today, and this new strategy inside iraq, and we should have the president visit Central Command tomorrow to hear what they have to say about the developing plan. Okay, mike, help me this this one. Job if this gets at it, but i know you know it will, this seems to be a difficult need toll thread. How does the u. S. Get the opposition, namely, the Free Syrian Army, to carry out this new mission . This is something we have been talking about. Picked up by a number of senators. John boehner the speaker of the house. Also taking issue with this idea that the Free Syrian Army tony which after all the president disparaged as a group of farmingers, always been a fantasy to arm these folks, now all of a sudden they are the link pin of this policy. Today they announced that as many as 5,000 will be trained. On saudi territory, but tony, lit take a year. And eight months before the first ones are the first trainees of mission fighter wills be ready to enter the battlefield.
Secretary of state john kerry lobbied turkey today to join the International Coalition aimed at destroying the Islamic State group in iraq and syria. Kerry pushed turkish leaders to join the fight against is. Something that theyve been reluctant to do publicly. But kerry said that turkey is committed to fighting terrorists. Turkey and the United States will stand together against ail challenges in the region including all terrorism. Within the coalition there are many ways that turkey can help in this effort, and we will continue our conversations with our military and other experts spending time to define the specific role that turkey will play. Meanwhile, the c. I. A. Believes the Islamic State group may have more than 31,000 fighters. Al jazeeras jamal al shayal looks at how the group has been able to recruit so many. Reporter theyre well armed and well financed across Northern Syria and iraq. But its their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. Now America Intelligence A