10 things you need to know today: August 10, 2014

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1. Obama says Iraq operation could be 'a long-term project'

President Barack Obama stressed the need for a stable, cooperative Iraqi government to push back ISIS advances in the country in a Saturday address. "This is going to be a long-term project," he said. Obama maintained that the intervention will focus not on using U.S. combat troops but continuing to deploy airstrikes when needed. On the humanitarian aid front, Kurdish forces were able to open a safe route earlier this weekend, but thousands of members of the Yazidi religious minority are still trapped on a northern mountainside in Iraq, having fled the latest advance by ISIS.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.