June 14, 2016

Obama blasts critics over his refusal to use phrase 'Islamist extremism'

President Obama said hit back Tuesday at criticism that he's afraid to utter the phrase "Islamist extremism" in the war on terror, saying "there's no magic" to the words that would help the U.S. defeat terrorists.

Lecturing Republicans and presidential nominee Donald Trump, Mr. Obama challenged his critics defiantly, asking, ...

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