President Obama's Speech Extra-Credit

Please type your answers and bring them with you to class on Tuesday, September 7, 2010.

1. How long have we been at war?
2. Who announced the beginning of combat operations in Iraq?
3. What is President Obama announcing?
4. How many U.S. troops have been removed from Iraq?
5. What will be the mission of the U.S.’s transitional force?
6. Who is delivering a message on President Obama’s behalf to the Iraqi people?
7. What country did we invade because they harbored those who attacked us on 9/11?
8. What organization did that country harbor?
9. Who is the commander of that war?
10. After the wars, what is the U.S.’s main responsibility, especially with regard to our returning veterans?
11. How many members of the Fourth Stryker Brigade made the ultimate sacrifice?
12. How many soldiers in total?
13. What battles constitute President Obama’s “unbroken line of heroes”?