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Updated 1:15 p.m. Eastern TimePresident Obama marked the end of the United States almost nine-year war in Iraq on Monday, saying at an appearance with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the final U.S. troops leave Iraq this year with their heads held high. Mr. Obama is taking something of a victory lap this week for fulfilling his campaign promise to end the war, which will effectively end when the several thousand remaining troops exit the country by December 31. On Saturday, he thanked service members at the annual Army-Navy football game; on Wednesday, he and first lady Michele Obama will visit Fort Bragg in North Carolina to speak to troops about the war. This is a season of homecomings, Mr. Obama said Monday at the White House, flanked by al-Maliki. Military families across America are being reunited for the holidays. Obama: Iraq s response to Syria not influenced by IranObama: History will judge if Iraq was a dumb warMr. Obama s decision to end the war - in keeping with a timetable first put in place under former President George W. Bush - has been popular with the American people, with even one in two Republicans saying t stanley cup hey approve of his handling of the issue. Obama and al-Maliki met Monday stanley cup to discuss the strategic relationship between stanley cups uk the countries, which Mr. Obama described as an equal partnership based on mutual interest and mutual respect. He described Iraq as sovereign, self-reliant, and Democra
The following is a transcript of an interview with Democratic Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina that aired Sunday, February 27, 2022, on Face the Nation. MARGARET BRENNAN: Welcome back to Face the Nation. Two years ago, South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn urged President Biden to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Last week, the president fulfilled that promise and picked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Congressman Clyburn joins us now from Santee, stanley quencher South Carolina. Good morning to you, Congressman.HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP JAMES CLYBURN: Good morning. Thank you very much for having me. MARGARET BRENNAN: You know, how important is it for President Biden to have this vote for this particular historic choice be bipartisan REP. CLYBURN: this stanley cup is beyond politics. This is about the country, our pursuit of a more perfect union, and this is demonstrative of another step in that pursuit. And I would hope that all my Republican friends will look upon it tha stanley mug t way. Let s have a debate. Let s talk to her about her rulings and about her philosophy. But in the final analysis, let s have a strong bipartisan support to demonstrate that both parties are still in pursuit of perfection. MARGARET BRENNAN: Congressman, you spoke very passionately the last time you were on this program about your first choice, the South Carolina native Judge Michelle Childs. And one of the reasons you argued it was important to have someone like her, you Ncmw Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatleto testify Monday about Trump shooting
Updated 1:15 p.m. Eastern TimePresident Obama marked the end of the United States almost nine-year war in Iraq on Monday, saying at an appearance with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that the final U.S. troops leave Iraq this year with their heads held high. Mr. Obama is taking something of a victory lap this week for fulfilling his campaign promise to end the war, which will effectively end when the several thousand remaining troops exit the country by December 31. On Saturday, he thanked service members at the annual Army-Navy football game; on Wednesday, he and first lady Michele Obama will visit Fort Bragg in North Carolina to speak to troops about the war. This is a season of homecomings, Mr. Obama said Monday at the White House, flanked by al-Maliki. Military families across America are being reunited for the holidays. Obama: Iraq s response to Syria not influenced by IranObama: History will judge if Iraq was a dumb warMr. Obama s decision to end the war - in keeping with a timetable first put in place under former President George W. Bush - has been popular with the American people, with even one in two Republicans saying t stanley cup hey approve of his handling of the issue. Obama and al-Maliki met Monday stanley cup to discuss the strategic relationship between stanley cups uk the countries, which Mr. Obama described as an equal partnership based on mutual interest and mutual respect. He described Iraq as sovereign, self-reliant, and Democra