Post by Daniel on Dec 20, 2015 12:24:00 GMT -5
President Barack Obama says U.S. must remain vigilant against terror threats
Thomson Reuters Posted: Dec 18, 2015
In his annual year-end news conference Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama asked Americans to remain vigilant as he sought to assure them that his administration was working overtime to keep them safe by "squeezing" the heart of Islamic State overseas.
"We're going to defeat ISIS and we're going to do so by systematically squeezing them, cutting off their supply lines, cutting off their financing, taking out their leadership, taking out their forces, taking out their infrastructure," Obama told reporters.
He said the U.S. will continue to hit ISIS "harder than ever" next year.
Obama said Americans must also "remain vigilant here at home."
"All of us can do our part by staying vigilant, by saying something if we see something that is suspicious, by refusing to be terrorized and by staying united as one American family."
Obama said ISIS's capacity to infiltrate Western countries, especially through social media, will continue to make the militant group dangerous for "quite some time."
When asked about visa reviews for people coming into the U.S., Obama stressed that no government can read ever single social media post, email or text message, and that it is important to distinguish between public social media posts versus private messages.
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www.cbc.ca/news/world/barack-obama-conference-terrorism-isis-1.3372167
Thomson Reuters Posted: Dec 18, 2015
In his annual year-end news conference Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama asked Americans to remain vigilant as he sought to assure them that his administration was working overtime to keep them safe by "squeezing" the heart of Islamic State overseas.
"We're going to defeat ISIS and we're going to do so by systematically squeezing them, cutting off their supply lines, cutting off their financing, taking out their leadership, taking out their forces, taking out their infrastructure," Obama told reporters.
He said the U.S. will continue to hit ISIS "harder than ever" next year.
Obama said Americans must also "remain vigilant here at home."
"All of us can do our part by staying vigilant, by saying something if we see something that is suspicious, by refusing to be terrorized and by staying united as one American family."
Obama said ISIS's capacity to infiltrate Western countries, especially through social media, will continue to make the militant group dangerous for "quite some time."
When asked about visa reviews for people coming into the U.S., Obama stressed that no government can read ever single social media post, email or text message, and that it is important to distinguish between public social media posts versus private messages.
continue reading
www.cbc.ca/news/world/barack-obama-conference-terrorism-isis-1.3372167
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