Marco Rubio: Obama's war on terror is failing

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Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is the latest Congressman to join in the criticism against President Obama's defense strategy.

In an op-ed he penned for Fox News, the likely GOP 2016 presidential candidate alleges that "the U.S. war against Islamic extremism has been put on hold by President Obama and his national security team."

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He concludes:

Lofty speeches and half measures do not defeat terrorist groups. They also do not keep Americans safe in the long term. The threat from Islamic extremism is only growing and without greater leadership from the United States, I fear that it will only be a matter of time before innocent Americans pay the ultimate price if we continue to underestimate our enemies and not develop a strategy that is commensurate to the threat. [Fox News]