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President Obama Speech Obama Address to the Nation FULL Obama Oval Office speech to Nation President Obama Delivers an Address to the Nation | Obama Oval Office speech to Nation President Obama Delivers an Address to the Nation Obama | Oval Office speech to Nation President Obama Delivers an Address to the Nation Obama | Oval Office speech to Nation President Barack Obama will try to reassure a nervous nation on Sunday that he has a plan to defeat the fast-evolving threat of terrorism, as fears multiply of ISIS attacks on the homeland and public trust in his handling of the threat has dipped to record lows. Obama's rare 8 p.m. ET Oval Office address reflects growing anxiety that the global showdown with the extremist group has now spread to U.S. soil following a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, that authorities are treating as terrorism. His appearance comes at a time of public disquiet over terrorism and a political debate over the threat, now consuming the 2016 campaign, raging at levels not seen since the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001. Obama has also struggled to convince critics he has a viable strategy for destroying ISIS in the Middle East and has been accused of downplaying the threat from the group for political reasons. Obama will use Sunday night's address to pledge to use of every available tool to keep American people safe and destroy ISIS, senior administration official says. The gravity of the occasion is underscored by Obama's decision to use the symbolic power of the Oval Office for only the third time in his presidency, following addresses on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the end of the Iraq war in 2010. He is under intense pressure to strike a rhetorical note equal to the moment, following a string of comments about ISIS that left him vulnerable to claims by opponents that he had not take the group's rise seriously. Once, the president's handling of terrorism was a political asset and helped him win re-election, following the killing of Osama bin Laden. But now it looks more like a liability with ISIS plotting or inspiring attacks from California to Paris and on a Russian airliner over Egypt and capturing territory from North Africa to Afghanistan. Obama disapproval In a new CNN/ORC poll released on Sunday, 60% of Americans disapproved of Obama's handling of terrorism -- up nine points since May. Two thirds of those polled, meanwhile, said they disapproved of the president's handling of ISIS. The poll was conducted before the attacks in San Bernardino and also showed a shift in public opinion on how to tackle the group -- with a majority -- 53% -- for the first time saying the U.S. should send ground troops to fight ISIS. And 68% said the American response to the group's rise had not been sufficiently aggressive. Those figures reflect Obama's struggle so far to convince critics he has a viable strategy for destroying ISIS in its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria and after he has been accused of downplaying the threat from the group for political reasons. The figures tracked with a a Washington Post/ABC News poll last month, after an ISIS rampage in Paris but also before the California attack, that found that a record low of 40% of Americans approved of Obama's handling of terrorism and only 35% The White House said that Obama would discuss the investigation into the San Bernardino attack last week, which killed 14 people, and then address the broader threat from terrorism, how it has evolved and how ISIS will be defeated. "He will reiterate his firm conviction that ISIL will be destroyed and that the United States will draw upon our values -- our unwavering commitment to justice, equality and freedom -- to prevail over terrorist groups that use violence to advance a destructive ideology," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Obama: U.S. safe against ISIS attack FULL SPEECH: President Obama Delivers an Address to the Nation 8:04 p.m. ET update: President Obama says "this was an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people." President Obama will ... NEW 16:30 President Obama Addresses The Nation on Terrorism 12/6/2015 [FULL SPEECH] - 3rd Oval Office Remarks President Obama speaks on protecting America, urges Americans 'to not give in to fear'. Washington - President Barack Obama ... Obama’s Loretta Lynch fears free speech United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch appointed by the regime leader President Obama recently threatened Americans ... Full Speech: President Obama Delivers An Address To The Nation Summary: Watch live at 8pm ET on Sunday, December 6, when President Obama will deliver an address on his top priority: ... NEW 2:57 Full Speech: President Obama Delivers An Address To The Nation Summary: Watch live at 8pm ET on Sunday, December 6, when President Obama will deliver an address on his top priority: ... NEW 1:16 Obama: 'This was an act of terrorism'