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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
How the Democrats Flubbed San Bernardino — The response of President Obama and his media allies to the terror attack in California should have liberals worried. — Has there ever been a better example of liberal overreach than the coverage that followed the shooting in San Bernardino?
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Obama Actually Thought He Was Being Reassuring Last Night — President Obama's Sunday night speech was about three-quarters of what the cynics and his critics expected. The lone bits of good news were the president's belated acknowledgement that the Fort Hood shooting was terrorism - not …
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Wall Street Journal
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
How Obama Thinks About Terrorism — At the core of Barack Obama's terrorism speech on Sunday night lay a contradiction. He gave the address to convince an increasingly fearful nation that he takes the terrorist threat seriously. But he doesn't, at least not in the way his political opponents do.
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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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The White House:
Address to the Nation by the President — **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. — THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. On Wednesday, 14 Americans were killed as they came together to celebrate the holidays. They were taken from family and friends who loved them deeply.
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama's Oval Office address reflects struggle to be heard — In the weeks since the terrorist attacks in Paris, President Obama has stressed in speech after speech that America's law enforcement and homeland security officials are “relentless.” He has insisted that the country remains “strong” and “resilient.”
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Washington Post:
Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript — President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night; here's a transcript of his remarks, annotated by Washington Post reporters and readers using Genius. — To see an annotation …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
After Obama speech, Trump asks: ‘Is that all there is?’
After Obama speech, Trump asks: ‘Is that all there is?’
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List
72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List
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The White House / Medium:
President Obama Addresses the Nation on Keeping the American People Safe
President Obama Addresses the Nation on Keeping the American People Safe
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Full text: Obama's Oval Office address on San Bernardino and ISIS
Full text: Obama's Oval Office address on San Bernardino and ISIS
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Nick Gass / Politico:
GOP 2016 candidates blast Obama's terrorism speech
GOP 2016 candidates blast Obama's terrorism speech
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Julie Pace / WOOD-TV:
Obama: US will defeat terror threat's new phase
Obama: US will defeat terror threat's new phase
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New York Times:
Obama Says of Terrorist Threat: ‘We Will Overcome It’
Obama Says of Terrorist Threat: ‘We Will Overcome It’
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Christina Bellantoni / Los Angeles Times:
Transcript The full text of Obama's address to the nation
Transcript The full text of Obama's address to the nation
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Obama misspoke about San Bernardino suspect's visa — In announcing one of the new steps his administration is taking to secure the U.S. from terrorists, President Barack Obama's carefully scripted Sunday night address to the nation included at least one mistake.
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Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Dad: San Bernardino shooter agreed with ISIL, ‘obsessed with Israel’
Dad: San Bernardino shooter agreed with ISIL, ‘obsessed with Israel’
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Clinton Thumps Trump in Latest Head-to-Head Poll — Hillary Clinton leads the Republican presidential field in hypothetical general-election match-ups, with Ben Carson and Marco Rubio running the closest to her, according to a new national MSNBC/Telemundo/Marist poll.
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump turns to general election mode
Trump turns to general election mode
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Marco Rubio's ‘water thing’
Marco Rubio's ‘water thing’
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Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
How I'd Rein In Wall Street — SEVEN years ago, the financial crisis sent our economy into a tailspin. Over five million people lost their homes. Nearly nine million lost their jobs. Nearly $13 trillion in household wealth was wiped out. — Under President Obama, our economy has come a long way back.
Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Front National wins opening round in France's regional elections — Marine Le Pen's party capitalises on Paris attacks to win 27-30% of national vote, the highest the party has ever scored in a local election — The far-right Front National has made a significant breakthrough in the wake …
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Samantha Cowan / Yahoo! News:
Coca-Cola Pulls Offensive Ad, but the Damage Is Already Done — In an ad distributed by Coca-Cola Mexico, pretty, young white people do their holiday good deed by bringing bottles of soda to a remote village and build a wooden Christmas tree in the town square.
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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Bernie Sanders Wins Readers' Poll for TIME Person of the Year — Ahead of rivals and world leaders — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has won the online readers' poll for TIME Person of the Year, topping some of the world's best-known politicians, activists and cultural figures …
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Speaker.gov:
Statement on The President's Oval Office Address — WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement tonight in response to President Obama's Oval Office address on terrorism:
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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 …
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