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"When Americans stand together, nothing can beat us,” Obama said. “We cannot give into fear or change how we live our lives."

The holidays are a sensitive time of year for Obama. In 2009, he was forced to interrupt his Hawaii vacation when a man connected to al Qaeda attempted to detonate a bomb concealed in his underwear aboard a commercial airliner in Detroit. But Obama urged the public not to let the threat posed by ISIS overshadow time spent with family and friends during the holidays. "When Americans stand together, nothing can beat us,” he said. “We cannot give into fear or change how we live our lives."  Obama: No specific, credible threat against the US | TheHill Putin pours fresh scorn on Turkey for downing Russian jet - BBC News Map of ISIS: Growing reach... but a complex picture - CNN.com What ISIS Really Wants - The Atlantic The facts — and a few myths — about Saudi Arabia and human rights - The Washington Post What Saudi Arabia is (and isn’t) doing in the fight against the Islamic State - The Washington Post Saudi Arabia’s ‘Islamic military alliance’ against terrorism makes n

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