President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting with members of the military community hosted by CNN's Jake Tapper, right, at Fort Lee in Virginia. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)— Military personnel and veterans challenged President Obama, often aggressively, on his refusal to use the phrase “Islamic terrorism,” his decision to open combat jobs up to women and the performance of the Department of Veterans Affairs at a town hall meeting here Wednesday. Obama was at this Army base near Richmond to take part in a military-focused special that aired Wednesday night on CNN. “They are engaging in a fight that is dangerous,” Obama said of the U.S. troops in Iraq. Obama said that he both recognized the importance of the anthem to military families and respected the right of Americans to protest.

Source: Washington Post September 29, 2016 01:07 UTC