--- description: President Barack Obama is set to make a statement on the situation in Iraq Thursday afternoon. title: LIVE: President Obama Makes Statement on Iraq image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ffba650c5f311da/69869843cd804d73c7ccb8ab/obama_speaks.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 # LIVE: President Obama Makes Statement on Iraq by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2014 4:28 PM CUT  President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's annual LGBT fundraiser gala in Gotham Hall on June 17, 2014, in New York. President Barack Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's annual LGBT fundraiser gala in Gotham Hall on June 17, 2014, in New York.Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2014 4:28 PM CUT President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a statement about Iraq on Thursday afternoon. Watch live here. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2901035/barack-obama-iraq/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2901035/barack-obama-iraq/"},"headline":"LIVE: President Obama Makes Statement on Iraq","datePublished":"2014-06-19T16:28:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:30:55.761Z","description":"President Barack Obama is set to make a statement on the situation in Iraq Thursday afternoon.","url":"https://time.com/2901035/barack-obama-iraq/","keywords":["White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ffba650c5f311da/69869843cd804d73c7ccb8ab/obama_speaks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ffba650c5f311da/69869843cd804d73c7ccb8ab/obama_speaks.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":"Pablo Martinez Monsivais—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/2901035/barack-obama-iraq/","name":"LIVE: President Obama Makes Statement on Iraq"}}]}] ```