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cal04

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Tue Dec 6, 2016, 07:26 AM Dec 2016

President Obama to deliver speech defending his counterterrorism fight

Source: Reuters

President Barack Obama will make the case on Tuesday that his counterterrorism policies have helped protect Americans from evolving international threats as he prepares to hand over the White House to a successor who has been critical of his approach.

Obama will deliver his final major speech on national security as president at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.

He will argue that his administration has been successful in building coalitions and working with local governments to take out militant leaders and disrupt Islamic State and other groups without overextending the U.S. military, the White House said.

"This represents a more sustainable approach ... one where we had a limited number of U.S. forces on the ground," White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said on a call with reporters.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-security-idUSKBN13V166?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

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President Obama to deliver speech defending his counterterrorism fight (Original Post) cal04 Dec 2016 OP
Why doesn't the media all take a 3 month break.....then we'll see some truth come out. onecent Dec 2016 #1

onecent

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1. Why doesn't the media all take a 3 month break.....then we'll see some truth come out.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 09:19 AM
Dec 2016

God I HATE Drumpy

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