Obama tells troops: ‘The world is better, safer, more peaceful’

Despite conflicts across the globe, President Obama told American troops on Christmas that the world has become safer in recent years.

Speaking to service members at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii, the president also vowed that as the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan ends, the nation never again will be home to terrorists bent on striking the American homeland.

“Afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own country. We are safer. It’s not going to be a s