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Ivan Eland Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty, The Independent Institute

Obama's Speech on Terrorism

Posted: 12/07/2015

Predictably, the 2016 presidential field didn't exactly give a rousing endorsement of President Barack Obama's prime time speech on fighting terrorism. The reactions ranged from the superficial--Donald's correct but irrelevant observation that Obama's use of the presidential podium in the oval office was "odd"--to the downright scary: Chris Christie's retro solution of turning the U.S. government's surveillance machine loose again, even in the wake of George W. Bush's ineffectual usurpation of cherished American civil liberties. And surprisingly, Rand Paul and Ted "Carnival" Cruz, supposedly the most libertarian candidates in the race, called for restrictions on immigration, undermining one of the most iconic aspects of the American identity--as a melting pot. Finally, Hillary Clinton distanced herself from Obama by referring to her previous more hawkish position and also urged greater control of firearms at home. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ivan-eland/obamas-speech-on-terroris_b_8739482.html