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Obama: ‘Un-American’ Not to Take in More Muslim Refugees

President Obama wants more Syrian Muslim refugees in the West. Speaking in Turkey on Monday, Obama explained that the West needed to open its heart to Muslim refugees, who after all were fleeing from terrorism in the Middle East to the safe and warm arms of the West. Meanwhile, Obama continued to maintain that Islamic radicalism presents no threat to the world.

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Top Dem Feinstein: ISIS Is Not Contained, ISIS Is Expanding

Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) pushed back against President Barack Obama for his suggestion that ISIS was contained, which he had said last week in an interview with ABC.

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After ‘Constructive’ Obama Meeting, Report Claims Putin Wants Syria’s Assad Gone

In an impromptu meeting at the sidelines of the G-20 summit currently underway in Turkey, President Barack Obama met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and, according to the White House, both parties agreed on a “political transition” in Syria. The meeting precedes a report claiming Putin has already begun pressuring Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad to step down.

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McCain: ISIS Is Attempting to Infiltrate the Refugee Flow

Sunday on New York City’s AM 1260 “The Cats Roundtable” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told host John Catsimatidis that ISIS is attempting to infiltrate the current refugee flow from Syria. McCain said ISIS is growing stronger, “because of the president of

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Ben Rhodes: Obama Not Worried About Taking Syrian Refugees

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” the deputy national security adviser for strategic communication for  President Barack Obama Ben Rhodes said the president is not worried about America taking Syrian refugees despite reports that at least one man linked to the

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ISIS Video Star ‘Jihadi John’ Targeted by U.S. Drone Strike

The English-speaking masked terrorist who has appeared in many ISIS murder videos, known as “Jihadi John” but long ago identified as 27-year-old British expatriate Mohammed Emwazi, has been targeted by a drone strike near the Islamic State’s capital of Raqqa, Syria.

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U.S. May Have Killed ‘Jihadi John’ in Drone Strike

A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” on Thursday, according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages was not known, officials said.