Obama Describes Nigerian As ‘Isolated Extremist,’ Despite Ties to Yemen

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President Barack Obama, in his first public comments on the attempted bombing of a U.S. airliner traveling from Amsterdam to Detroit, described the suspect as ''an isolated extremist,'' despite reports that the 23-year-old Nigerian had been trained in Yemen, a country he visited twice.

President Obama, in recounting what happened in the air over Michigan on Christmas day, used the word ''allegedly'' to describe the attempted bombing...

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