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Obama to Increase flow of Foreign Fighters

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    June 8, 2015 6:36 PM CEST

    Obama to Increase flow of Foreign Fighters

    On Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama said more progress was needed to increase the flow of foreign fighters into Syria and Iraq, and that all countries in the international coalition were ready to do more to train Iraqi security forces if need be. See part of the speech below:

    "We want to get more Iraqi security forces trained, fresh, well-equipped and focused and (Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al) Abadi wants the same thing so we're reviewing a range of plans for how we might do that,

    "As we've seen again in recent days, Russian forces continue to operate in eastern Ukraine, violating Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," he said.

    "Russia is in deep recession. So Russia's actions in Ukraine are hurting Russia and hurting the Russian people,"

    "I did not say that and I make it a practice of not commenting on the daily fluctuations of the dollar or any other currency," he told a news conference.

    "The Greeks are going to have to follow through and make some tough political choices that will be good for them long-term."