Obama Downplays Threat of World Unrest in Remarks to Donors
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President Barack Obama told Democratic donors that despite unrest in Ukraine and Iraq, the U.S. faces less of a threat than it did during the Cold War.
Speaking at a backyard barbecue today in Purchase, New York, Obama said the brutality of Islamic State extremists fighting in Iraq and Syria, as well as Russia’s incursion into Ukraine, have made Americans anxious about turmoil overseas.