A former Obama administration official dismissed President Trump’s reference to “radical Islamic terrorism” in his speech to Congress last night as a talking point that doesn’t matter much in the war against the Islamic State.

“There’s nothing magic about those three words, and they’re not a strategy, they’re a talking point,” said Marie Harf, a former State Department spokeswoman, on Fox News.

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