Obama: Saying ‘radical Islam’ doesn’t ‘make it go away’

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President Obama on Tuesday rejected his Republican critics who say he’s afraid to call terrorists “radical Islamists,” and said using that term wouldn’t change anything.

Do Republicans think, “We can’t beat terrorists unless we call them radical Islamists?” Obama asked Tuesday after meeting with his national security team at the Treasury Department to discuss the anti-ISIS campaign.

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