Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
Nedra Pickler, Associated Press |
posted 10 minutes ago
President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, where a leadership upheaval has improved the country's security but not eliminated a terrorist organization trying to recruit jihadists.
Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrowing terror threat that still imperils the nation but now is defined by smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida. He defended his controversial drone-strikes program as a linchpin of the U.S. response to the evolving dangers.
NJ students to help Michelle Obama harvest garden
Darlene Superville, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 3:59pm
Schoolchildren from New Jersey shore communities battered by Superstorm Sandy will join Michelle Obama for a garden harvest next week.
Obama increases fed share of Sandy relief for NY
Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 3:34pm
President Barack Obama is providing more Hurricane Sandy disaster relief to New York, increasing the share of public assistance that the government will pay from 75 percent to 90 percent of the cost.
Obama's drone policy at a glance
The Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 3:33pm
President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for Congress and the public the standards that the U.S. will use before carrying out drone attacks.
Obama: Policy in leaks investigations under review
Mark Sherman, Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 2:58pm
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists' records in investigations of the leak of government secrets.
Obama sketches more targeted anti-terror plan
The Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 2:25pm
Out with the "global war on terror." In with more narrowly targeted counterterrorism policies that persistently zero in on violent extremists at home and abroad.
Yemen welcomes Obama decision on Gitmo transfers
Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 2:16pm
Yemen is welcoming President Barack Obama's decision to lift his ban on the transfer of Yemeni prisoners from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Counting US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen
The Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 2:05pm
President Barack Obama said Thursday that he will engage Congress in exploring a number of options for increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.
Text of President Obama speech on terrorism
The Associated Press |
posted May 23rd - 1:38pm
Text of President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House:
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