Barack Obama actually said...

If the implication is that those of us up here and the thousands of people around the country and around the world are working to defeat ISIL aren't taking the fight seriously, that would come as a surprise to those who spent these last seven and a half years dismantling Al-Qaeda and the Fatah.

Context

Obama defends his administration's efforts against terrorism in response to Trump's criticisms.

06/13/2016

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