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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: U.S. Navy, U.S. Senate, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC
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Setting limits on drones
It's about time. President Barack Obama's announcement today of new limits on drone strikes and his renewed call to close the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay were badly overdue. The United States has lost much credibility overseas with...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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FACTBOX-Obama outlines steps toward closing Guantanamo prison
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama outlined steps on Thursday aimed at the eventual closure of the Guantanamo Bay military prison. Following are some facts about the detention operation at the U.S. Naval base in eastern Cuba: * The United...Tags: Colon Cancer, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Military, China, Cuba
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Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo
ReutersBy Susan Cornwell and Jane Sutton WASHINGTON/MIAMI, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Department of Defense, Saudi Arabia, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government
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Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration's use of drone strikes to kill terrorists as effective, lawful and "heavily constrained," but he also appeared to be laying groundwork for an expansion of the controversial targeted...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, Central Intelligence Agency, The Miami Herald, National Security
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Guantanamo prisoners tune in for Obama's speech on their fate
ReutersBy Jane Sutton MIAMI, May 23 (Reuters) - Among those tuning in to President Barack Obama's national security speech on Thursday were some prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, who rely on television broadcasts and newspapers for hints about...Tags: U.S. Congress, Satellite and Cable Service, Strikes, Career and Workplace, Prisons
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Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The woman who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday is well-known around Washington as a perennial protester on national security issues. Medea Benjamin, a founder of anti-war...Tags: International Military Interventions, U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC
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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: U.S. Navy, Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Military Equipment
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Obama to address Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement on Friday, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit. It is the second...
Tags: Defense, Budget Control Act of 2011, Central Intelligence Agency, United States Naval Academy, White House
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Obama shifts U.S. from 'perpetual war-footing,' limits drone strikes
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on terror," restricting deadly drone strikes abroad and signaling that America's long struggle against al Qaeda will one day end. In a...Tags: U.S. Navy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate
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Obama reveals conflicted thinking on drone strikes
WASHINGTON — At times defensive, solemn, lawyerly and personal, President Obama on Thursday offered a rare glimpse of the burden that the nation's fight against terrorism has placed on the man who leads it. In a speech spanning nearly an hour, the...
Tags: Defense, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Career and Workplace, Religion and Belief
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Today's Buzz: Obama's terror war: scale it back?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardPresident Obama delivered a major foreign policy speech Thursday in which he called for scaling back the use of drones to prevent civilian casualties. He also called for more steps to reduce the population of suspected terrorists at the Guantanamo Bay...Tags: Politics, Terrorism, Elections, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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