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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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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
After Obama speech, Trump asks: ‘Is that all there is?’ — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump said late Sunday that a new leader is needed to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). — “Is that all there is?” Trump asked after President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night.
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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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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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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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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama's Oval Office address reflects struggle to be heard
Obama's Oval Office address reflects struggle to be heard
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Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript
Here's what Obama said in his Sunday night address: An annotated transcript
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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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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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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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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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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Obama misspoke about San Bernardino suspect's visa
Obama misspoke about San Bernardino suspect's visa
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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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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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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.
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CNN:
Poll: Most Americans Say Send Ground Troops to Fight ISIS — Washington (CNN)With President Barack Obama set to address the nation on ISIS and terrorism tonight, a new CNN/ORC Poll finds Americans increasingly displeased with the President's handling of terrorism and more willing to send U.S. ground troops into the fight against ISIS.
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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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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Gun Advocates Rejected by U.S. High Court on Assault Weapons — Justices won't question Chicago suburb's ban on some guns — Top court avoids intensifying debate over gun control — A divided U.S. Supreme Court steered clear of a politically charged fight over gun rights …
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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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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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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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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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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Marco Rubio's ‘water thing’ — In May 2008, when Marco Rubio retired as Florida's House speaker, he bid his colleagues farewell with a passionate defense of American exceptionalism. Standing on the floor in front of the speaker's rostrum, Rubio invoked boatloads of refugees washing up on American shores …
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