President Barack Obama prepares to speak earlier this year. In August an Associated Press-GfK poll showed that 60 percent of respondents approved of his handling of terrorism, which could change with the killing of al-Qaida cleric and U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki.

First published in the October 02, 2011, 8:11 a.m. edition

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