(17 Dec 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY
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AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY
McLean, Virginia - 17 December 2015
1. US President Barack Obama walking to lectern
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"As president and commander-in-chief my highest priority is the security of the American people and on a regular basis I convene members of my national security team for an in-depth review of our efforts to prevent terrorist attacks against our citizens, around the world and here at home. We examine any known and emerging threats, we review our security posture and we make sure that we’re taking every necessary measure to protect our people."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"We are constantly adapting, constantly improving, upping our game, getting better. And today the mission to protect our homeland goes on on three main fronts. First we are going after terrorists over there, where they plot and plan and spew their propaganda. As I described at the Pentagon, we are hitting ISIL (Islamic State group) harder than ever in Syria and Iraq, we are taking out their leaders, our partners on the ground are fighting to push ISIL back and ISIL has been loosing territory. Our special operations forces are hard at work. We took out the ISIL leader in Libya, we have taken out terrorists in Yemen and Somalia. So we are sending a message: 'If you target Americans, you will have no safe heaven. We will find you and we will defend our nation.'"
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:
"And (FBI) Director (James) Comey and Attorney General (Loretta) Lynch updated us on the investigation into the San Bernardino attacks. I reiterated that the investigation will continue to have the full support of the federal government and we should leave no stone unturned in determining why and how these terrorists carried out that tragedy."
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STORYLINE:
The US President on Thursday commented on counter-terrorism measures in an address delivered at the at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) in Virginia.
Barack Obama said that US forces and their partners were "hitting ISIL (Islamic State group) harder than ever in Syria and Iraq" and that US special operations forces had taken out "the ISIL leader in Libya" as well as "terrorists in Yemen and Somalia."
Regarding recent attacks in San Bernardino, California, Obama promised the "full support of the federal government" in investigating "how these terrorists carried out that tragedy."
President Barack Obama also said U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism officials didn't have any specific, credible information suggesting a potential terrorist attack against the U.S. during the holidays.
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