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| Obama to give much-anticipated speech on terrorism, drones |
| 2013-05-19 |
| President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday on the administration's counterterrorism policy and explain the legal framework behind the use of drones against terrorist threats, according to a White House official. In his speech at the National Defense University, the president also plans to review the state of threats the country currently faces and efforts to close down Guantanamo Bay's detention facility, the official said. After facing a barrage of criticism from both parties about the administration's secretive drone policy, Obama pledged in his February State of the Union address to work with Congress on the issue to ensure "that our targeting, detention and prosecution of terrorists remains consistent with our laws and system of checks and balances." He also vowed to make the administration's efforts "more transparent to the American people and to the world." A controversial memo leaked from the Justice Department in February confirmed the Obama administration considers drone attacks legal when it entails American citizens involved with al Qaeda or one of its affiliates overseas. While the policy paper had been shown to the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary committees last June, it only became public earlier this year. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 WEEKLY STANDARD > THINK-TANK ALIGNED WID OBAMA GETS READY FOR A NUCLEAR IRAN. America = Amerika = proudly surrendering like France to anti-sovereign, "borderless" OWG-GFU + Debt-based Global Welfare-Nanny Statism + Global Nuclear Jihad since 2013??? SOON TO SURRENDER TO A NUCLEAR CALIPHATE NEAR YOU! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-05-19 23:48 |
| #8 *remember when the EPA was going to use drones to measure dust levels so that Ag would have to pay taxes to the IRS? Yah, not even being funny. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-05-19 17:37 |
| #7 Is this the one where he says you can absolutely trust the government and that his breakfast kill menu is totally non-political, for double sure? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-05-19 17:35 |
| #6 Obama to give much-anticipated speech on memory loss |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-05-19 17:14 |
| #5 Pretty good odds on that one, g(r)om. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-19 17:13 |
| #4 "It's all Bush's fault".? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-05-19 16:20 |
| #3 then that much-anticipated and promised *HT to Slow Joe Biden |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-05-19 16:15 |
| #2 > Obama to give much-anticipated speech on terrorism, drones He really should learn to change pitch from time to time... Try the fish. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-05-19 15:47 |
| #1 SQUIRREL!!!!! |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-05-19 15:28 |