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"Facing a crisis in Iraq that is threatening to pull the country apart, President Barack Obama took to the White House briefing room on Thursday to announce his latest decisions:\n\nHe said he was dispatching up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to assist the government in its fight against the radical militant group ISIL.\nHe left open the option of \"targeted\" military action in the future, and said the U.S. would increase its intelligence efforts in Iraq to identify targets...\n... but he reiterated that U.S. combat troops would not return to Iraq.\nHe called on Iraqi leaders to govern with a more \"inclusive agenda\" to ensure the country does not descend into civil war...\n... but he stopped short of urging Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki to resign.\n\nIn sending military advisers to Iraq, Obama finds himself increasingly dragged back into a country that he had hoped to extricate the United States from for good. But with ISIL (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) sweeping vast parts of the country and threatening to create a civil war and a safe haven for terrorists, the president appears to be finding himself without many alternatives.\nFor more on the situation in Iraq, see our primer: 9 Essential Questions About Iraq, Answered\nAdditional reporting by The Associated Press\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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