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Obama's Year-End Speech Includes Promises for 2016

'I'm going to leave it all out on the field'

(Newser) - Closing out a tumultuous year, President Barack Obama laid the groundwork Friday for his last year in office, vowing not to fade into the background but instead use his remaining months to push longstanding goals to fruition. "In 2016, I'm going to leave it all out on the...

Obama: ISIS Ground Fight Means 100 Dead Troops a Month

And a monthly bill of $10B, he reportedly said at private news columnist meeting

(Newser) - President Obama's reason for not sending ground troops to the Middle East to fight ISIS: The White House figures it would mean 100 US troop deaths per month, 500 wounded, and a monthly tab of $10 billion, all to fight a group that doesn't pose an "existential...

It's Getting Clearer: Obama Is No 'Pawn' of History

He's more of a chess master, writes James Fallows

(Newser) - Near the end of 2011, James Fallows wrote a cover story for the Atlantic in which he wondered whether President Obama was more of a chess master playing a long game or a "pawn overwhelmed by events." Four years later, Fallows makes the case in a blog post...

Fox Suspends 2 for Swearing About Obama

Peters, Dash made 'inappropriate and unacceptable' remarks

(Newser) - Two Fox commentators have been given two weeks to cool their heels after crossing the network's line for criticism of President Obama. Strategic analyst Ralph Peters was suspended for calling the president a "total pu---" on Fox Business Network while discussing his Sunday night Oval Office speech on...

Obama Said 'Close to Nothing,' and Nothing New

The buzzword is 'reassure,' and most agree Obama didn't do it

(Newser) - On Sunday night, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office for the third time in his presidency. What the pundits are saying about the rare event:
  • At Politico , Edward-Isaac Dovere has pretty much nothing positive to say about a speech that "said close to nothing" and did
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Obama Made an Error in Oval Office Speech

He misspoke on how San Bernardino shooting suspect entered the US

(Newser) - In his Sunday night Oval Office address , President Obama may not have covered much new ground on overcoming terrorism, but he did note that he's seeking answers about how San Bernardino shooting suspect Tashfeen Malik ended up in the US. "I've ordered the departments of State and...

How Trump Reacted to Obama's Speech

He wasn't happy about the podium or the acronym

(Newser) - Donald Trump live-tweeted President Obama's rare Oval Office address Sunday night, and the criticisms began early: "The podium in the Oval Office looks odd," Trump grumbled. "Not good, but the words will be the key." After Obama began speaking, Trump retweeted comments about stopping all...

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Obama: We Will Not Give In to ISIS 'Thugs'

Reassures Americans against terrorism in 3rd Oval Office address of presidency

(Newser) - In a rare Oval Office address, President Obama vowed Sunday night the United States would overcome a terror threat that has entered a "new phase" as he sought to reassure Americans shaken by recent attacks in Paris and California. "I know that after so much war, many Americans...

Trump: No End to Terror til Obama 'Gets the Hell Out'

'Until he admits that this is a problem, we're never gonna solve the problem'

(Newser) - The world is stuck with terrorism at least for another year, says Donald Trump, who lays the blame for attacks like those in San Bernardino and Paris at the door of President Obama, who he blames for not even using the term "radical Islamic terrorism." "Until he...

Obama Plans 1st Oval Office Address Since 2010 Sunday

President will talk about San Bernardino shootings, terror threat

(Newser) - President Obama will address the nation Sunday night from the Oval Office, using perhaps the best bully pulpit at his disposal to speak about the San Bernardino shootings, as well as the terror threat faced by the United States and steps Uncle Sam is taking to safeguard against it, reports...

Obama: 'We Don't Know Why They Did It'

But he doesn't rule out the possibility of terrorism

(Newser) - President Obama spoke on the San Bernardino shooting Thursday after being briefed by top security officials, but he's apparently in the same boat as everyone else in trying to understand a motive. "We don't know why they did it," he told reporters in the Oval Office,...

Prez 'in Jeopardy': Guy Impersonated Congressman, Met Obama

Report outlines more gaffes for Secret Service 'in crisis'

(Newser) - Days after a man with a knife made it inside the White House , a guy impersonating a member of Congress managed to get backstage at an awards dinner where he chatted up President Obama. That's just one of a half-dozen previously undisclosed Secret Service gaffes since 2013 laid out...

Obama: Climate Change Affects Military, Too

He calls it an 'economic and security imperative'

(Newser) - Why are world leaders gathering near Paris for climate talks when there's a war going on in Syria? "Because this one trend, climate change, affects all trends," President Obama said at a news conference on Tuesday, reports the New York Times . "This is an economic and...

Obama Talks Over 'Wrap-Up' Beeps at UN Climate Talks

'Leader of the free world' had a 3-minute limit

(Newser) - Seems President Obama is not one to be rushed—beep! beep!—off the world stage, NBC News reports. He was giving a speech today at the world climate talks outside Paris when three beeps sounded in an apparent attempt to remind him of the three-minute time limit. He was...

Obama Lays Single Rose at Paris Massacre Site

Bataclan was his first stop after arrival

(Newser) - President Obama landed in Paris just before midnight Sunday and his motorcade took an unexpected route along the Seine. The president, who's in France for climate change talks, rode past the Eiffel Tower, the French Assembly building, and the Bastille before arriving at the famed Bataclan concert hall, site...

Obama: Turkey Has Right to Defend Its Airspace

Also: 'Nous sommes tous Francais'

(Newser) - President Obama and French President Francois Hollande met Tuesday in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, with perhaps the most newsworthy moment coming when they were asked about Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet. "Turkey, like every country, has the right to defend its territory and...

Coldplay Album Samples ... the President

Clip of Obama's 'Amazing Grace' to be included on album

(Newser) - Coldplay's new album is out next month , and it has a pretty high-profile guest star: President Obama. Chris Martin says he's sampled the president's rendition of "Amazing Grace," which Obama sang during his eulogy for the pastor killed in the Charleston church massacre earlier this...

Obama: No Ground Troops to Fight ISIS' 'Face of Evil'

President says we'll keep calm and carry on with current airstrike strategy

(Newser) - Friday's terror attacks in Paris rocked the world, but President Obama appeared steadfast Monday in his overall strategy to go after the Islamic State. In a presser held after Turkey's G20 summit, Obama said that even though ISIS is "the face of evil" and that Paris' attacks...

Obama: 'Skies Darkened' After Paris

ISIS' shadow looms large as G20 summit kicks off in Turkey

(Newser) - President Barack Obama pledged Sunday to redouble US efforts to eliminate ISIS and end the Syrian civil war that fueled its rise, denouncing the group's horrifying terror spree in Paris as "an attack on the civilized world." Opening two days of talks with world leaders in Turkey,...

Medal of Honor Goes to Soldier Who Tackled Bomber

President Obama also informs audience he's not the lead singer of Korn

(Newser) - President Barack Obama said Thursday that a young Army captain who is the newest Medal of Honor recipient had the instincts and courage to tackle a suicide bomber in Afghanistan during a moment of selfless bravery, saving the lives of many comrades. Florent Groberg is the 10th living service member...

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