Obama: Time to shift attention from wars to home

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his goal of defeating al-Qaida is within reach and that it's time to turn the country's attention to domestic concerns.

Just four days after his trip to Afghanistan, Obama said that money saved from ending wars in Iraq and Afghanistan should help pay down the national debt and go to health care, education and infrastructure.

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President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony to welcome the University of Kentucky men's college basketball team to the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, to celebrate their 2012 NCAA...