Obama: #39;Islam Has Been Woven Into The Fabric Of Our Country Since Its Founding #39;
We hear a lot about the United States #39; Judeo-Christian heritage, but according to President Obama, "Islam has been woven into the fabric of our country since its founding." That #39;s what the...
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Obama plans to name Joseph Clancy to the post, four months after Clancy assumed the role of interim director amid a shakeup in the Secret Service ranks.
The pick will put a trusted hand at the top of the agency as it navigates the aftermath of a series of embarrassing incidents, including a breach last fall where an intruder made it all the way inside the White House doors.
Clancy has served in the presidential detail for Obama and former President Bill Clinton. He left the Secret Service in 2011 to become the head of corporate security at Comcast, but Obama asked him back to assume the interim role in October.
Since assuming the interim director role, Clancy has been a visible presence around the White House grounds and on the road when Obama travels, including the President's recent trip to India.
In the pre-dawn hours Clancy has been seen making rounds outside the White House gate, which the September intruder scaled before running through the North Portico doors.
That episode prompted new security precautions around the executive mansion, along with congressional hearings probing the agency's practices and culture.
The firestorm led to the resignation of Julia Pierson, the agency's director, and the resignations of many top officials.
A review conducted by the Secret Service's parent department recommended Obama name an outsider to head the agency on a permanent basis, citing the need for new thinking that could lead to bolstered security.
"It is disappointing the President ignored the recommendation from the independent panel, appointed by [Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson], to select a director from outside the Secret Service," said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee.
"The panel made it crystal clear that only a director from outside the agency would meet the needs of the agency today -- someone with a fresh perspective, free from allegiances and without ties to what has consistently been described as a 'good old boys network," Chaffetz said.
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WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Muslim leaders have a responsibility to push back against twisted interpretations of Islam.
This is day two of a White House conference on extremism. The president declined to label al Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) "Islamic terrorists," and he's taking some heat from critics.
"The notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly lie," said Obama. "And all of us, regardless of our faith, have a responsibility to reject it."
President Obama was criticized for refraining from using the term "Islamic terror," but he is not unlike President Bush in the aftermath of 9/11.
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At a White House conference on violent extremism, Mr. Obama appeared to take pains to separate Islam from terrorism.
Critics fault the president for not labeling the terror Islamic, and at a private Republican gathering in New York Wednesday night, former mayor Rudy Giuliani went even further.
"I do not believe that the president loves America. What's wrong with this man," asked Giuliani, "that he can't stand up and say there's a part of Islam that's sick?"
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Obama avoids using "Islamic" and "terrorism" in the same phrase
President Barack Obama told world leaders on Thursday that promoting democracy and acceptance of people of all faiths are essential to stopping the spread of violent extremism.
"Groups like al Qaeda and [ISIS] peddle the lie that some of our countries are hostile to Muslims. Meanwhile we've also seen, most recently in Europe, arise inexcusable acts of anti-Semitism, or in some cases anti-Muslim sentiment, or anti-immigrant sentiment," Obama said at the closing session of a White House summit on combating extremism. "When people spew hatred towards others -- because of their faith or because they're immigrants -- it feeds into terrorist narratives."
The president's remarks come as anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise in Europe following terror attacks in Paris and Copenhagen.
The president also said stability requires democratic governments and that oppressing groups upon sectarian lines fuels the hatred that creates terrorism. The Sunnis alienation from the Iraqi government was a major factor that led to the rise of ISIS.
"When people are oppressed and human rights are denied, particularly along sectarian lines, or ethnic lines, when dissent is silenced, it feeds violent extremists," Obama said.
Thursday marked the second day the president addressed the conference that consisted of delegates from more than 60 countries. In both his speeches, Obama made clear the west was not at war with Islam, but those who have "perverted" it.
"The notion that the West is at war with Islam is an ugly lie," Obama said.
-- Andrew Rafferty
First published February 19 2015, 8:59 AM
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Texas judge temporarily blocks Obama plan to protect undocumented immigrants
A U.S. federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked President Barack Obama #39;s plan to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation, an issue likely to be seized upon in the 2016...
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