Obama: Slamming the Door to Refugees Would Be ‘Betrayal’ of US Values
White House,Barack Obama,Syria,Refugees,Politics
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President Obama faced some tough questions at the G-20 summit from Antalya, Turkey, Monday as he addressed the tragedy in Paris and how the United States plans to respond.
Have you "underestimated" ISIS' ability? one reporter demanded.
“No, we haven’t,” Obama said. “There has been acute awareness from my administration from the start” regarding the threat, he insisted.
Many would disagree. Mere hours before terrorists murdered 129 people in Paris, Obama said ISIS had been “contained.”
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