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Obama Sees Terror Threat Reduced To Pre-9/11 Level

Reported by Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.

Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans and other Westerners. Instead, he is steering the United States away from.. »more

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Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, government officials and Boston Muslims called each other to offer assistance, calls that were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in an effort to ultimately prevent the very type of attack Boston experienced April 15.

Seattle Times 2 hours ago

WATCH: Journalist Slams Obama For 'Embrace Of Total Militarism'

Journalist Michael Hastings had very harsh words for President Barack Obama on Saturday morning.

Appearing on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki," Hastings ripped Obama's recent foreign policy comments, saying the president had bought into the Bush administration's neoconservative..

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Obama tries again to nominate top lawyer on embattled labor relations board

President Obama is trying again to get the Senate to confirm the top lawyer for the embattled National Labor Relations Board.

FOXNews.com 2 hours ago

Obama rebalances his course on war

Ever since he declared his opposition to dumb wars, but not all wars, more than a decade ago, President Obama has wrestled with the practicalities of how to keep the country safe from terrorist threats while preserving civil liberties and constitutional values. The conflicts inherent in those..

Washington Post 2 hours ago

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Video: On Memorial Day weekend, Obama praises "fallen heroes"

President Obama praised "all the men and women who have given their lives in service to this country we love" in his weekly address on Saturday, saying, "We are who we are today - a free and prosperous nation, the greatest in the world," because of their sacrifice.

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