From the White House; “President Obama announces the end of the combat mission in Iraq and discusses the future of the U.S. commitment to helping build a stable Iraq in an address to the nation from the Oval Office. August 31, 2010.”
Here is an earlier interview from the campaign in which President Obama says the surge will not work. In the interview he claims the surge would actually worsen sectarian violence in Iraq.
From the White House; “With the end of combat operations in Iraq days ahead, the President salutes our troops for their service and pledges to fulfill America’s commitment to them as veterans.”
Alvin Greene is the come from no where Democratic Senatorial candidate running against incumbent Senator Jim DeMint for a seat in South Carolina. Greene has already won the Democratic primary and is the official Democratic candidate for the seat. He has also been recently indited on felony charges for disseminating, procuring or promoting obscenity. The South Carolina Democratic party has asked him to step down, but he says he staying in. This is the best candidate the democrats could come up with in South Carolina.
From the White House, “The President calls out Republicans for blocking campaign finance reforms that would address last year’s Supreme Court decision opening the floodgates of corporate money into elections.”
Weekly Address: Filibustering Recovery & Obstructing Progress. From the White House; “The President blasts Republicans in the Senate who are blocking unemployment insurance and small business tax breaks to create jobs, even as they push for permanent, massive tax cuts for the richest Americans.”
“Missourians have a clear choice in this election. If they want a rubberstamp for the liberal policies of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama, they should support Robin Carnahan. But if they want someone who will fight for Missouri families and jobs, they ought to support Roy Blunt.”
