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The President did not look healthy, coherent and engaged in yesterday's presser. What is wrong with his right eye, which was almost closed?

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.

BREAKING. President in the briefing room around 12:30P ET for statement on Iraq.Steve Brusk, CNN: The president's meeting with the national security team will be in the WH Situation Room beginning in about ten minutes

Here is the full replay video and transcript of President Barack Obama’s speech on the situation in Iraq. He delivered the statement on Friday, June 13, 2014 at the White House. The text and complete video are below, after the jump. See more at: http://www.shallownation.com/2014/06/13/president-obama-iraq-speech-video-transcript-june-13-2014/#sthash.y7VTvu2d.dpuf

US President Barack Obama is not considering military action against al-Raqqa, Syria, the self-declared capital of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a US official tells The Jerusalem Post. "At the moment, the options being considered are focused on Iraq," the official said. "Of course, that could always change." The terrorist militia ravaging the sovereignty of Iraq is headquartered in Syria, where the group gained strength through the strife of the civil war there. The US is now considering military strikes against the group, two years after pulling troops from the country after nine years of war. But...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says Iraq’s government must make a sincere effort to address sectarian differences, or else U.S. military help won’t succeed in curbing the insurgency there. He says, quote, “We can’t do it for them.” Obama says the U.S. won’t send troops back into Iraq. But he says he’s asked his national security team to prepare a range of other options. He says he’ll review those options in the coming days. Obama says the risk posed by terrorists in Iraq could eventually pose a threat to U.S. interests, too. A fast-moving insurgency in Iraq has taken over

Brett Bair on now. Obama about to speak. Bair wonders aloud if Obama is about to evacuate Baghdad, other Iraqi cities.