claim: president barack obama's "initial response when we heard about the christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."
author: dick cheney
evidence_1: northwest airlines flight 253 was an international passenger flight from  amsterdam airport schiphol in haarlemmermeer, netherlands, to detroit  metropolitan wayne county airport in romulus, michigan, united states. the  flight was the target of a failed al-qaeda bombing attempt on christmas ... on  april 6, 2010, it was reported that president obama had authorized ...
evidence_2: jan 4, 2010 ... barack obama was inaugurated as the first president to take office in the ...  bombing of a northwest airlines passenger jet on christmas day ... where bush  saw islamic extremism as an existential threat ... the nation is at war with al  qaeda, obama says, but not with ...... we would love to hear from you.
evidence_3: dec 6, 2016 ... and on january 20th, i will become the first president of the united states to ....  now, to say that we've made progress is not to say that the job is done. ... we  know that in some form this violent extremism will be with us for years to come. ....  umar farouk abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber.
evidence_4: apr 24, 2015 ... you are the first president to make the killing of targeted individuals the ... this is  not to say that the american people don't know about the ... he was a beautiful,  lovable little boy — and of course we were all ... they stress that the program and  the practice the united states has developed in response to the ...
evidence_5: nov 20, 2015 ... in an interview with abc news the day before islamic state (isis) ... as one of his  first acts in office, president obama ordered the .... the christmas day bomber. ...  in his underwear on christmas day 2009, obama administration officials ...  president suggested that abdulmutallab was an “isolated extremist.