--- description: President Barack Obama is set to make a statement about Iraq Friday morning. title: LIVE: Obama Makes Statement About Iraq image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3f5778f6a105ddf/69869789810bbb1394c9229b/president-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Obama Makes Statement About Iraq by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2014 3:48 PM CUT  President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington to board Marine One helicopter, Wednesday, May 28, 2014, as he travels to deliver the commencement address at the United States Military Academy at West Point. President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington to board Marine One helicopter, Wednesday, May 28, 2014, as he travels to deliver the commencement address at the United States Military Academy at West Point.Charles Dharapak—AP by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2014 3:48 PM CUT President Barack Obama will deliver a statement on Iraq as militant Sunni extremists continue their march toward Baghdad. The response from the White House South Lawn comes amid fierce Republican criticism over the Administration’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from the country at the end of 2011\. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has called for the entire national security team, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to resign. The Administration has so far been hesitant to engage in the conflict despite the calls by Iraqi officials for airstrikes on extremist areas. While Republicans wish the Administration had done more to prevent the crisis, even McCain has not called for such military involvement. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2871114/obama-iraq-statement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2871114/obama-iraq-statement/"},"headline":"Obama Makes Statement About Iraq","datePublished":"2014-06-13T15:48:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:24:26.262Z","description":"President Barack Obama is set to make a statement about Iraq Friday morning.","url":"https://time.com/2871114/obama-iraq-statement/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3f5778f6a105ddf/69869789810bbb1394c9229b/president-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3f5778f6a105ddf/69869789810bbb1394c9229b/president-barack-obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Barack Obama","caption":"Barack Obama","creditText":"Charles Dharapak—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2871114/obama-iraq-statement/","name":"Obama Makes Statement About Iraq"}}]}] ```