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September 22, 2014

Ambassador: U.S. Won't Go it Alone on Syria Strikes 
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The United States continues to launch airstrikes targeting the Islamic
State in Iraq as it moves to bring the war to Syria. On Sunday, the U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said other countries
have signed on for the expanded offensive following an international
summit last week.

Samantha Power: "More than 40 countries spoke in support of the
anti-ISIL effort, half at the ministerial level. The French last week
joined combat strike missions in Iraq for the first time. You have the
Saudis who have come out and offered training bases for the moderate
opposition, now that Congress has approved the train-and-equip program
that the president put forward. So, we are seeing a diverse range of
forms of support, and the commitments are coming in every day."

 

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