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Text of President Obama speech on terrorism

Text of President Barack Obama’s speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House:

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Fire chief says search for survivors of massive Oklahoma tornado is nearly complete

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Tea party looks to take advantage of moment

FILE – In this May 16, 2013 file photo Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., chair of the Tea Party Caucus, center, speaks during a news conference with Tea Party leaders about the IRS targeting Tea Party groups on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest tea party movement's leaders think it is getting its groove back. They say the IRS acknowledgement that it had targeted their groups for extra scrutiny is helping pump new energy into the coalition. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement’s leaders certainly think so.

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Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

In this Aug. 11, 2009, file photo Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod, left, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, right, leave with President Barack Obama, not shown, from the White House in Washington. Obama allies and former top aides are worried he has lost his voice on his central theme of economic opportunity, silenced by a trio of recent troubles. Axelrod and Gibbs are pressing Obama's current aides to let the president stake out a big vision once again, not only to put a focus on his second term but to move away from the controversies engulfing the White House.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months into President Barack Obama’s second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by controversies seized upon by Republicans in an effort to weaken him.

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