What's a drone? How is US drone policy changing?
Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press |
posted 17 minutes ago
President Barack Obama's pledge to more narrowly restrict and monitor the country's use of drones to strike targets overseas may garner some applause from allies abroad. But he was careful not to overpromise, signaling that the CIA's covert war in Pakistan is likely to continue at least for now.
Some unions now angry about health care overhaul
Sam Hananel, Associated Press |
posted 34 minutes ago
Some labor unions that enthusiastically backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry, fearful that it will jeopardize benefits for millions of their members.
Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust in military
With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth."
Md. suspect is son of Bush White House official
Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 9:30am
The son of a former aide to President George W. Bush is charged in Maryland with killing a man with a hatchet.
Milestones for Guantanamo Bay detention center
The Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:07am
President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed his 2008 campaign promise to close the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries. A look the facility's history:
Text of President Obama speech on terrorism
The Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:06am
Text of President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House:
Obama's drone policy at a glance
The Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:06am
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.
Counting US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen
The Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 2:05am
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.
Obama sketches more targeted anti-terror plan
The Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 1:55am
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.
Obama balances threats against Americans' rights
Lara Jakes and Julie Pace, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 1:39am
Forecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says "America is at a crossroads." And so, too, is his presidency's counterterrorism policy, which has long struggled to balance protecting the nation from terror attacks while upholding Americans' rights.
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