The U.S. is prepared, he said, to continue bombing the fighters of Islamic State, an Al Qaeda breakaway group, as long as thousands of Americans living and working in Irbil are threatened.
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“We’re going to maintain vigilance and ensure that our people our safe,” the president said, before departing for Martha’s Vineyard on a family vacation.
Obama also said he is confident that U.S. airstrikes and assistance to Iraqi forces can prevent the militants “from going up the mountain and slaughter” thousands of Yazidi people who have been stranded atop Sinjar Mountain.
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