Barack Obama actually said...

The end of our combat mission in Afghanistan doesn't mean the end of challenges to our security.

Even as some are coming home for the holidays, many more will be far from their families, who sacrifice along with them.

Our way of life—the freedom, prosperity and security that we enjoy as Americans—is not a gift that is simply handed to us.

I have always said that we have to make sure we're prepared here at home and we will not have defeated this disease until we have defeated i...