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There is "no doubt" the United States is a safer place now than it was a decade ago and al Qaeda is "on a path to defeat," according to President Obama.

In an interview given the day before the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, Obama reiterated the improvements to the nation's security since those attacks.

"We are in a much stronger position now than we were then," he told NBC News, touting the efforts of the nation's intelligence and military officials, including "the sacrifices of the 9/11 generation that served in Afghanistan and Iraq."

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