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Obama says Qaeda, Taliban most direct security threat
ARNOLD, Missouri |
ARNOLD, Missouri (Reuters) - Al Qaeda and the Taliban are the "single most direct threat" to U.S. national security, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday.
"In Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan we do have real problems with the Taliban and al Qaeda," Obama said at a town hall meeting in Missouri. "They are the single most direct threat to our national security interests. ... As commander in chief, it is my job to make sure that (Osama) bin Laden and his cronies are not able to create a safe haven within which they can kill another 3,000 Americans or more."
(Editing by Jackie Frank)
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