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From OBAMA page 6 He also warned that “we also can’t try to take over and right. It means seeing our foreign assistance as part of

but Obama insisted that U.S. military forces are mak- rebuild every country that falls into crisis.” our national security, not charity.”

ing progress in their training and support roles over- “That’s not leadership; that’s a recipe for quagmire, The speech did not offer any sweeping new mili-
seas. spilling American blood and treasure that ultimately tary policies, and it drew immediate condemnation
weakens us. It’s the lesson of Vietnam, of Iraq, and we from several key Republican leaders for substituting
He blasted lawmakers for failing to pass a new au- should have learned it by now.” hope for a strong security stance.
thorization for use of military force against the Islam-
ic State group, a criticism that has failed to produce Instead, Obama argued, U.S. leaders need to em- But Obama ended his speech on a hopeful note
progress on the issue for almost a year. brace foreign partnerships and avoid demonizing about reforming politics, one that drew decidedly
Muslims worldwide, a direct criticism of several GOP one-sided applause from the congressional audience.
“The American people should know that, with or candidates’ campaign rhetoric — notably the business
without congressional action, ISIL will learn the same mogul Donald Trump. “As frustration grows, there will be voices urging
lessons as terrorists before them,” the president said. us to fall back into tribes, to scapegoat fellow citizens
“If you doubt America’s commitment,or mine, to see “American leadership in the 21st century is not a who don’t look like us, or pray like us, or vote like we
that justice is done, ask Osama bin Laden. choice between ignoring the rest of the world, except do, or share the same background,” he said.
when we kill terrorists, or occupying and rebuilding
“It may take time, but we have long memories, and “We can’t afford to go down that path. It won’t de-
our reach has no limit.”

Obama also listed al-Qaida as a continuing secu- whatever society is unraveling,” he said. liver the economy we want, or the security we want,

rity threat to America but also global climate change, “Leadership means a wise application of military but most of all, it contradicts everything that makes us

another issue that has rankled his political opponents. power, and rallying the world behind causes that are the envy of the world.”

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