here is an excerpt of what he said according to factcheck: We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set.
We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.
Fact Check didn't refute his words, they only tried to obfuscate his intent by connecting them to his mention of the peace corps/AmeriCorps type organizations and imply that he was talking about expanding them.
Their taking Obamas references to the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps and other such agencies and saying that's what he means is disingenuous at best. none of those agencies are security forces of any nature. There is no correlation between the volunteer and service type organizations and a security force.
put it in context: why does the US Dept. of Education , The Consumer Product Safety Commission, nd the Office Of personnel Management , to name a few have their own SWAT teams???
Many liberal news organizations reported this also. This wasnt some obscure quote taken out of context by some radical blog.