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Hmmm ... so Obama won both the war in Iraq and the war in Libya for us? How many terrorists did Obama personally kill? Well other then the ones he ordered to be murdered like bin Laden and the American cleric in Yemen.
I guess politicians will sling any BS they can to get reelected.
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Obama cites military triumphs, economic challenges
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
President Obama is citing military successes in Iraq and Libya as inspiration for what he hopes will be economic victories here at home.
In his weekly radio address, the president boasts of "renewed American leadership in the world" following word that the U.S. will pull all of its troops from Iraq this year and NATO will end its mission in Libya as early as this month.
"These successes are part of a larger story. After a decade of war, we're turning the page and moving forward, with strength and confidence," Obama said.
Now the focus must move to renewing the nation's economic strength, he said -- something that has proven more difficult than bringing the conflicts in Iraq and Libya to a close. He urged Congress to pass his $447 billion jobs package, even though Senate Republicans have twice refused to consider the measure.
Here's the president's complete address:
This week, we had two powerful reminders of how we've renewed American leadership in the world. I was proud to announce that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of this year. And in Libya, the death of Moammar Qadhafi showed that our role in protecting the Libyan people, and helping them break free from a tyrant, was the right thing to do.
In Iraq, we've succeeded in our strategy to end the war. Last year, I announced the end of our combat mission in Iraq. We've already removed more than 100,000 troops, and Iraqi forces have taken full responsibility for the security of their own country. Thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, the Iraqi people have the chance to forge their own future. And now the rest of our troops will be home for the holidays.
In Libya, our brave pilots and crews helped prevent a massacre, save countless lives, and give the Libyan people the chance to prevail. Without putting a single U.S. service member on the ground, we achieved our objectives. Soon, our NATO mission will come to a successful end even as we continue to support the Libyan people, and people across the Arab world, who seek a democratic future.
These successes are part of a larger story. After a decade of war, we're turning the page and moving forward, with strength and confidence. The drawdown in Iraq allowed us to refocus on Afghanistan and achieve major victories against al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. As we remove the last of our troops from Iraq, we're beginning to bring our troops home from Afghanistan.
To put this in perspective, when I took office, roughly 180,000 troops were deployed in these wars. By the end of this year that number will be cut in half, and an increasing number of our troops will continue to come home.
As we end these wars, we're focusing on our greatest challenge as a nation -- rebuilding our economy and renewing our strength at home. Over the past decade, we spent a trillion dollars on war, borrowed heavily from overseas and invested too little in the greatest source of our national strength -- our own people. Now, the nation we need to build is our own.
We have to tackle this challenge with the same urgency and unity that our troops brought to their fight. That's why we have to do everything in our power to get our economy moving again. That's why I'm calling on Congress to pass the American Jobs Act, so we can rebuild our country -- our schools, our roads, our bridges -- and put our veterans, construction workers, teachers, cops and firefighters back to work. And that's why I hope all of us can draw strength from the example of our men and women in uniform.
They've met their responsibilities to America. Now it's time to meet ours. It's time to come together and show the world why the United States of America remains the greatest source for freedom and opportunity that the world has ever known.
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