“This isn’t a matter of political correctness”.
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The president continued, “But as we focus on destroying ISIL, over-the-top claims that this is World War III just play into their hands”.
Obama wasn’t the only one who bashed Trump, though.
The remarks were a repudiation of criticism of his strategy against Islamic State, which Republicans have called insufficient. She used her speech to warn against the allure of the “siren call of the angriest voices”. Ted Cruz said on WRKO radio.
“If this Congress is serious about winning this war, and wants to send a message to our troops and the world, you should finally authorize the use of military force against ISIL”, Obama said.
He also said the United States response to the threat of ISIS must be more than calls “to carpet bomb civilians”. “That may work as a TV sound bite, but it doesn’t pass muster on the world stage”.
“They thought well we’ve got all these great videos – we’ve got all these great photographs how do we make it more relevant to young Americans and I think Snapchat is the ideal way to do that”, said Schmidt.
“I can’t do these things on my own”.
“It is my task to report the State of the Union-to improve it is the task of us all”, he said.
“I think Barack Obama believes that it is incredibly important that Hillary Cinton succeeds him”, a former close aide to Obama who is still connected with the White House told CNN. Obama recalled that previous year Vice-President Joe Biden had said that “with one moonshot, America can cure cancer”. Biden’s son, Beau, died from brain cancer in May 2015.
But 48 percent of those who watched the speech said that overall, Obama’s presidency has fallen short of their expectations, compared with just 18 percent who say the president exceeded their expectations over his almost seven years in office. “But they do not threaten our national security”. Tonight, I’m announcing a new national effort to get it done. “I think there are outdated regulations that need to be changed, and there’s red tape that needs to be cut”, the President says in another line that receives huge applause.
“President Obama’s policy agenda on trade, crime, immigration, spending and debt all have one common feature: they make life harder for working Americans and put the country at needless risk”.
Americans accustomed to now-retired Speaker John Boehner’s easy shows of emotion – with tears flowing on many occasions – might have been surprised to see the stone-cold expression on new Speaker Paul Ryan’s face throughout Obama’s speech. But opportunity and security for American families “will only happen if we work together … if we fix our politics”, he added.
He was the candidate of transformational change – and then the president who led during an era of shutdowns, dysfunction and the erosion of the political center. “It’s one of the few regrets of my presidency - that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better”. “There’s no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I’ll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office”.
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“What I’m asking for is hard”.
