Tony Abbott assures MPs 'slow' coalition has 'modest ambitions' in Iraq

By Heath Aston
Updated September 24 2014 - 9:13am, first published September 23 2014 - 3:28pm
Prime Minister Tony Abbott enters Parliament for question time on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott enters Parliament for question time on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott enters Parliament for question time on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott enters Parliament for question time on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott enters Parliament for question time on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott enters Parliament for question time on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott enters Parliament for question time on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Tony Abbott enters Parliament for question time on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has lauded President Barack Obama for being "slow to reach for the gun" in confronting terror group Islamic State and said the impending fight had "reached out" to Australia rather than the other way around.

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