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San Bernardino shooting updates: Tashfeen Malik attended seminary in Pakistan; President Obama to address the nation — Key developments

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Shawna Thomas / NBC News:

AG Lynch: President Will Call On Congress to Take Action on Guns in San Bernardino Address — In an appearance on NBC's “Meet the Press,” Attorney General Loretta Lynch previewed the remarks President Barack Obama will make when he speaks to the country Sunday evening about the recent terrorist attack in San Bernardino.

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Daniel Politi / Slate:

Obama: Increasing Gun Control, Rejecting Islamophobia Are Key to Combating Terrorism — In a rare prime-time address to the country from the Oval Office, President Obama made clear that he thinks increased gun control at home is essential to fighting ISIS—and terrorism in general.

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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:

Shooter's Mother Active In US Branch Of Pro-Caliphate Islamic Group — Rafia Farook, the mother of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, is an active member of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), a Muslim organization that promotes the establishment of a caliphate and has ties …

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Rossella Tercatin / The Times of Israel:

San Bernardino shooter's dad: He was ‘obsessed’ with Israel — In interview with Italian paper, father Syed Farook says his son ‘supported the creation of the Islamic State’ — Syed Farook, father of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook, has described his son as negatively “obsessed” with Israel.

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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:

Full text: Obama's Oval Office address on San Bernardino and ISIS — Sunday night, President Obama gave a primetime address to the nation on the San Bernardino attacks and ISIS (or, as he calls it, ISIL). In it, Obama gave a full-throated defense of his counter-terrorism policy …

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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Obama misspoke about San Bernardino suspect's visa

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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post: Obama's Oval Office address reflects struggle to be heard

Tanya Somanader / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Addresses the Nation on Keeping the American People Safe

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Agence France-Presse:
Obama to urge Americans ‘to not give in to fear’

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Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Trump: Islamic terrorism will get solved when Obama ‘gets the hell out’

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Arit John / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Says Political Correctness Helped Enable California Attack

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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Chris Christie warns Iowans against Trump

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Julie Pace / WOOD-TV:
Obama: US will defeat terror threat's new phase

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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo Politics:
Trump, Clinton talk terror and gun control in wake of San Bernardino attack

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: Terrorists' Family Members 'Know What's Happening' When They Attack

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David Mark / CNN:
President Obama to address nation over terror threats

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump pumps siege mentality in Iowa

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lynch cautious on ISIL link to California attacks

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BBC:

France elections: National Front leads in regional polls — France's far-right National Front (FN) appears to have made big gains in the first round of regional elections, estimates show. — They put the FN ahead in at least six of 13 regions in mainland France.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Carter: Cancer is gone — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday his cancer is gone. — Carter, 91, made the announcement near the beginning of the Sunday School class he was teaching at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, a close friend and fellow church member said.

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CBS News:

Face the Nation transcripts December 6, 2015: Trump, Christie, Sanders — This is the transcript for the December 6 edition of Face the Nation. Guests included Donald Trump, Chris Christie, Bernie Sanders, Jeff Pegues, Fran Townsend, Michael Morell, Gwen Ifill, Ben Domenech, Gerald Seib, and Ed O'Keefe.

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Barbara Goldberg / Raw Story:

State of Delaware moves to apologize for its role in slavery — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Delaware Governor Jack Markell, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery in the United States, announced on Sunday a resolution to officially apologize for his state's role in slavery.

Kimberly Dozier / The Daily Beast:

U.S. Intel to Obama: ISIS Is Not Contained — A new report stands in stark contrast to earlier White House assurances that ISIS had been “contained.” And it is already spurring changes in how the U.S. grapples with ISIS. — A new U.S. intelligence report on ISIS, commissioned by the White House …

David Edwards / Raw Story:

GOP hopeful John Kasich: It will ‘tip off’ terrorists if they can't buy guns — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Republican presidential candidate John Kasich warned over the weekend that people on the terrorist watch list should be able to buy guns or it could “tip somebody off” that they are being watched.

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Benjamin Siegel / ABC News:

OBAMA: TERRORISM AN ‘EVOLVING THREAT’ U.S. WILL OVERCOME

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Rubio: No-fly list full of ‘everyday Americans’ — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) says a majority of the people on the federal “no-fly list” do not belong there and therefore should not have their right to purchase firearms taken away. — “These are everyday Americans that have nothing to do with terrorism …

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Kasich: Keep guns from those on no-fly list

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Andrew Husband / Mediaite:

Hillary Clinton: I Don't Say ‘Radical Islam’ Because It 'Doesn't Do Justice' to Good Muslims — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton really doesn't like using the term “radical Islam.” — This Week host George Stephanopoulos called out the former U.S. Secretary of State …

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