Obama to deliver statement on Iraq at 12:30 pm ET

CNBC ^ | June 19 2o14 | CNBC.com staff

[MeshugeMikey]

President Barack Obama will meet with members of his national security team and will deliver at statement on the situation in Iraq at 12:30 pm ET. CNBC.com will be streaming this event live.

[McGruff]

From Twitter.

BREAKING: U.S. using carrier-based F-18s for #Iraq surveillance flights, official tells @Reuters http://bit.ly/1iL8TEH

Does that mean they can’t fire back if attacked?

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Watching Colombia vs. Ivory Coast World Cup match....

[Hoodat]

Keith Koffler is hinting that questions may be taken. Of course these questions are screened in advance, and the entire process is closely guarded and controlled. It will be two at most, with a ten-minute filibuster in between.

[1Old Pro]

The first question will be: How difficult is it to clean up Bush’s mess?

and 2, How do you feel about being the most admired man in the world?

[don-o]

How do you copy / paste a tweet to make the link hot?

[stillfree?]

That's funny! CNN has said they will go straight to the resident when he "Emerges" (said 3 times so far.) Seems appropriate that Merriam-Webster defines Emerge as follows: 1: to become manifest : become known. new problems emerged 2: to rise from or as if from an enveloping fluid : 3: to rise from an obscure or inferior position or condition 4: to come into being through evolution. I'll take # 1 and 2 for $100 Alex.

[MeshugeMikey]

[edpc]

Well I was wrong.

[GraceG]

Someone.... Wake the president, get his meth he needs to make a speech...

(ulsterman fans will get what i am saying)

[Tennessee Nana]

Ive been back and forth to my thawing freezer...such excitement!!!

did I hear an Obama spokesman say “He doesn’t want to appear to be coming down on one side or the other militarily” ???

Eh ???

[GraceG]

[ They were unhappy with the initial list of questions that the Press Corps members had submitted, ]

Don’t you mean “Press Corpse”????

[1Old Pro]

the teleprompter won’t load?

[Sarah Barracuda]

And Valerie Jarrett will be standing behind him, pulling the strings

[Tennessee Nana]

He’s bringing 10 illegal alien children with him...

that’s what the holdup is..

[patriotspride]

did I hear an Obama spokesman say “He doesn’t want to appear to be coming down on one side or the other militarily” ???

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He is the commander in chief, so is expected/obligated to make a decision.

Do you think the WWII Normandy Vets ( my dad was one) expected Eisenhower
not to make the final Go / No Go call ?

[Sarah Barracuda]

Yep, he will say “Now ISIS, you be good boys and stop being so naughty, your making me look bad” meanwhile, he is giving them weapons and a big thumbs UP

[MeshugeMikey]

such a decisive non mamby pamby stand up kinda guy that Hussein obama

[Tennessee Nana]

Obama would be tastefully late for his own funeral..

hes so special dontcha know..

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

FOXNEWS online feed just went...he must be in the room

[1Old Pro]

FOXNEWS online feed just went...he must be in the room

the press corps must be getting goose bumps

[shotgun]

Give him a break he’s probably diligently looking all over the WH for the lost Lerner emails.