** POTUS to Address the Nation from the Oval on the End of Combat Forces in Iraq **

[Clio the Leo]

.... developing .... scheduled for next Tuesday night.

(thank goodness, I was afraid it was going to be another 11am speech that no one would see)

CNN) - President Obama wants to deliver his major address on Iraq from the Oval Office in prime time next Tuesday, according to a senior administration official.

The official said the White House is formally requesting time from the broadcast networks for the President to deliver the remarks in prime time, elevating the speech marking the end of combat operations in Iraq in a major way.

Obama has only used the communications tool of an Oval Office address once before, when he wanted to signify the gravity of the Gulf Oil spill back in early June.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

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1. For real, or are they going to put it off until the day the last drop of oil is extracted?

[zipplewrath]

2. why?

Really, the people that will be impressed are already impressed, and the rest aren't gonna watch. Unless he's gonna announce some earlier date, what's the point?

[Clio the Leo]

3. lol an earlier date?

You want him to get up there and say, "I'm here to announce we actually left Iraq last June!"

[zipplewrath]

4. Well be completely out by December 2010

That'd be really good. Have 'em "home for Christmas".

[niceypoo]

5. Hopefully WITHOUT codpiece

[MadHound]

6. Cool, then maybe he can explain why the remaining troops there are still going on combat missions.

"But the war is not yet over for the remaining troops, who will continue to put themselves in danger on counterterror raids and other high-risk missions that aren't called combat but can be just as deadly."
<http://www.salon.com/news/iraq_war/index.html?story=/news/feature/2010/08/24/leftover_troops_danger_iraq>