November 16, 2015

Obama Says U.S. Wasn't Aware of Any 'Specific' Threat to Paris

"There were no specific mentions of this particular attack" in intelligence briefings that would have caused U.S. to act or alert French authorities, President Obama says at news conference at G-20 meeting in Turkey. Says concern about potential Islamic State threats in West have been in intelligence reports "for over a year now" Of his Republican critics, Obama says they seem to be suggesting that if he were just more "bellicose" about what the U.S. is doing, it would make a difference "That se

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