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Defending the drone
President Barack Obama has taken a lot of heat over America's targeting of terrorists overseas with lethal drone strikes. Critics argue that the secret CIA-run program provokes political backlash in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, outweighing the value of...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Yemen, Dianne Feinstein, Central Intelligence Agency
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Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'
ReutersBy Matt Spetalnick and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against...Tags: John McCain, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Armed Conflicts, Washington, DC, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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U.S. drone guidelines could reduce 'signature strikes'
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. guidelines for conducting armed drone operations overseas set a higher bar for attacking non-Americans and could reduce controversial "signature strikes" targeted at suspicious groups rather than individuals. But the drone...Tags: Washington, DC, Armed Conflicts, Yemen, National Government, U.S. Department of Defense
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Asian stocks shaky, Nikkei still seen vulnerable
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese stocks turned negative on Friday and the yen reversed early losses, keeping intact worries that the Nikkei's largest one-day drop in two years may be the start of a bigger rout. In a sign that many are still spooked by...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Earnings Forecasts, Interest Rate, Finance, Giorgio Napolitano
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Lawsuits seek more than U.S. acknowledgement of drone killings
ReutersBy David Ingram WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is facing demands in court to reveal more about the U.S. drone program, despite his speech addressing it on Thursday and his government's acknowledgement a day earlier that four...Tags: Lawyers, Washington, DC, Yemen, National Government, Freedom of the Press
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Fourth U.S. drone victim influenced by Sept. 11, war
WASHINGTON — In his early teens, Jude Kenan Mohammad was a familiar sight in his middle-class section of Raleigh, N.C., riding around on his bike to deliver groceries to elderly Muslim neighbors. But with an American mother and Pakistani father,...Tags: FBI, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Islam
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Obama puts restrictions on drone program
WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for five years, President Obama declared clear, public restrictions for the first time on using unmanned aircraft to kill terrorists, a shift likely to significantly...
Tags: Washington, DC, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State
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Obama restricts drone strikes overseas
WASHINGTON -- Under pressure from Congress and international allies, President Obama announced a change in what has been a central piece of his counter-terrorism strategy, saying he will place new restrictions on the targeting of terrorists with...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, George W. Bush, Yemen, Barack Obama
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RPT-Switching from scandals, Obama to address drones and Guantanamo
Reuters(Repeats with no change in content) By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention away from a series of domestic scandals with a speech on Thursday that defends the U.S. use of drones abroad and lays out...Tags: Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of State, Parties and Movements, Prisons
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U.N. investigator seeks world moratorium on "killer robots"
Reuters* Demands debate on moral, legal issues posed by new weapons * Says U.S., Britain and Israel using robotic systems * Northrop Grumman, Samsung among firms developing them By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, May 23 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights...Tags: Weaponry, Aerospace Manufacturing, Credit and Debt, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Navy
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10 Things to Know for Thursday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday: 1. FOUR AMERICAN CITIZENS KILLED BY DRONES The deaths have taken place in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009, the Obama administration reveals. 2....
Tags: FBI, Unrest, Conflicts and War, CBS Corp., Wars and Interventions, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Finally, Obama breaks his silence on drones
Over the last four years, there has been a strange irony. One of the greatest speakers of our era has largely kept silent about one of the signature aspects of his presidency. Under President Obama's leadership, U.S. civilian intelligence agencies...
Tags: Brookings Institution, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency
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