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Barack ObamaIt still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.
Barack ObamaIn a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.
Barack ObamaWe have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together.
Barack ObamaWe're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a new partnership between our nations and we are ending a war not with a final battle but with a final march toward home. This is an extraordinary achievement
Barack Obama