Obama Tells Cadets U.S. Must Refocus on Terrorism.
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President Barack Obama laid out a postwar strategy for his final years in office that would provide a more targeted approach to the scattered threat of terrorism while moving away from unilateral military action.
In a commencement speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, the U.S. president proposed a $5 billion fund for military counterterrorism operations. He also said he’ll work with Congress to expand support for Syrian rebels, without committing publicly to U.S. military training for groups seeking to topple Bashar al-Assad’s regime.