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%\/HR6KDQH,,, “The world will look to us to help solve these prob- America, he said, “is the most powerful nation on
lems, and our answer needs to be more than tough talk Earth. Period.”
President Obama isn’t running for office again this or calls to carpet bomb civilians. That may work as a TV
fall. But his final State of the Union address outlined sound bite, but it doesn’t pass muster on the world stage.” Obama drew audible grumbles from Republican
his vision for national security for years to come and lawmakers when he referenced “all the rhetoric you
took shots at the military promises of his would-be In a speech billed as a focus on the country’s future, hear about our enemies getting stronger and America
Republican successors. Obama pushed back against accusations of allowing getting weaker.”
the military to shrink and the country to lose its status
“Our foreign policy must be focused on the threat as a global leader. Islamic State fighters, he said, pose a threat to Mid-
from ISIL and al-Qaida, but it can’t stop there,” he dle East stability but “do not threaten our national ex-
told members of Congress on Tuesday night, referring The U.S. military budget, at around $600 bil- istence.” America is not facing World War III, but in-
to the Islamic State group and its fellow terrorist or- lion annually, still dwarfs every other nation’s, the stead “killers and fanatics who have to be rooted out,
ganization responsible for the 9/11 attacks. “For even president noted. “Our troops are the finest fighting hunted down and destroyed.”
without ISIL, instability will continue for decades in force in the history of the world. No nation dares
many parts of the world. to attack us or our allies because they know that’s Congressional Republicans have attacked the pres-
the path to ruin.” ident for his lack of success in Iraq and Syria so far,

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