President Obama – Obama says anti-terror ‘buck’ stops with him (AP via Yahoo! News)
Obama says anti-terror 'buck' stops with him (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama declared Thursday "the buck stops with me" for the nation's security, taking responsibility for failures that led to the near-disastrous Christmas attack on a Detroit-bound airliner and vowing the problems would be corrected. He said the lapses were widespread but suggested no officials would be fired.
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Analysis: Cool Obama takes the heat (Politico via Yahoo! News)
For the sixth time in 11 days, President Barack Obama was back before the cameras Thursday, talking about airline safety and anti-terrorism. He then left quickly for a second White House room to meet with Senate chairmen and press to have a health care bill on his desk no later than next month.
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Obama Orders Improvements in Security Policies (New York Times)
President Obama ordered a series of steps to improve the government’s ability to act on terrorist threats, saying a review of the attempted airline bombing on Christmas Day revealed shortcomings in national security.
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Obama takes responsibility for lapses (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama took ultimate responsibility on Thursday for security failures that led to the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner and ordered reforms aimed at thwarting future attacks.
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