President Barack Obama held his annual press conference Friday and set a blueprint of how 2016, his final year in office, will go.
Obama began his talk lightheartedly and mentioned the showing of the seventh installment of the "Star Wars" series, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
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"Clearly, this is not the most important thing that's taking place in the White House today. There's a screening of Star Wars," he said, according to The Indian Express.
During his press conference, Obama mentioned the positive aspects of his term in 2015 such as job growth, relation improvement with Iran and Cuba, climate deals, Asia-Pacific trade deals, the legalization of gay marriage by the Supreme Court, and the No Child Left Behind Law, according to the Voice of America. He also added that 6 million Americans signed up for health care this year.
Obama also mentioned the daunting task of preventing terrorist attacks and mass shootings in the U.S.
"It's not that different from us trying to detect the next mass shooter, Obama said about lone-wolf terrorist attacks encouraged by terrorists abroad, according to The Hill.
"You don't always see it, they're not always communicating publicly, and if you're not catching what they say publicly then it becomes a challenge."
"All of us can do our part by staying vigilant, by saying something if we see something that is suspicious, by refusing to be terrorized and by staying united as one American family," he added.
Obama concluded his speech by going to back to his intro and ended with, "Okay, everybody, I got to get to Star Wars."
Watch the press conference below.
