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Headline Roundup August 16th, 2016

Trump’s Foreign Policy Speech in Ohio

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Donald Trump called for "extreme vetting" in his speech. News coverage included a fact check, and a look at how Trump's policy ideas are different from - and similar to - the foreign policy ideas of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

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Donald Trump wants ‘extreme vetting’ to stop terrorists at border
Donald Trump wants ‘extreme vetting’ to stop terrorists at border

Washington Times

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Donald Trump called for “extreme vetting” to root out potential terrorists attempting to enter the United States, as the Republican presidential nominee Monday rolled out a three-pronged strategy to fight and win what he described as an ideological war pitting radical Islamists against the West.

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Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ‘major’ speech on the Islamic State
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s ‘major’ speech on the Islamic State

Washington Post

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Donald Trump traveled to Youngstown, Ohio, to deliver what was billed as a “major” speech on how to deal with the threat posed by the Islamic State terrorist group, a.k.a. ISIS. For reasons known only to Trump, he continued to repeat false statements that have been repeatedly debunked in the past. So here’s a roundup of some of the more notable claims made in the speech.

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Trump Cribs His War Plan From the ‘Founder’ of ISIS: Barack Obama
Trump Cribs His War Plan From the ‘Founder’ of ISIS: Barack Obama

Daily Beast

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Most of what he wants to do to the Islamic State is already being done by President Obama and would be continued by Hillary Clinton.

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