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Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo
Reuters - 5 Hours ago
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 out the detention
Repatriating detainees to Yemen key Yahoo! UK and Ireland
Obama lifts ban on detainee transfer to Yemen Columbia Missourian
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Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester
Reuters - 4 Hours ago
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
Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester (Reuters) West Australian
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Obama to tour Jersey Shore with Gov. Christie
Miami Herald - 4 Hours ago
President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.
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Obama nominates Senate aides to serve as SEC commissioners
Reuters UK - 3 Hours ago
2:54am BST WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama nominated two U.S. Senate aides on Thursday to serve as members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said in a statement.
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Obama shifts U.S. from 'perpetual war-footing' by limiting drone strikes
Chicago Tribune - 4 Hours ago
_ WASHINGTON (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
Obama shifts U.S. from perpetual war-footing limits drone strikes Philippine Times
Obama shifts U.S. from 'perpetual war-footing,' limits drone strikes RoadRunner
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Video: 5/23: Obama: The war on terror, "like all wars, must end"; baby born as tornado
CBS News - 4 Hours ago
5:46 PM Warning of the danger of keeping America on a "perpetual wartime footing," President Obama called for an end to the war on terror; and, With a tornado and a baby on the way, doctors and nurses
Video 523 Obama The war on terror like all wars must end baby born as tornado struck Kyrgyzstan News
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Guantanamo prisoners tune in for Obama's speech on their fate
Reuters UK - 4 Hours ago
1:20am BST By MIAMI (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
Guantanamo prisoners tune in for Obama's speech on their ... TrustLaw
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Obama seeks to redefine the US war on terror
MSN Philippines - 3 Hours ago
US President Barack Obama speaks at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, May 23, 2013. Obama laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a fresh bid to close Guantanamo, warning
Obama seeks to redefine the US war on terror (AFP) Yahoo! News Australia
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Obama: U.S. to keep using drones
CNN - 3 Hours ago
Washington (CNN) -- Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said Thursday. America prefers
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Obama limits drone strikes in shift from 'perpetual war-footing'
Chicago Tribune - 5 Hours ago
_ WASHINGTON (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
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Obama seeks new path in war on terror
People.com.cn - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday sought to redefine his administration's counterterrorism policies, announcing new guidelines codifying controversial drone strikes
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Obama and Christie to Visit Jersey Shore on Tuesday
RoadRunner - 5 Hours ago
"The federal government will be working as closely as possible with the state and local officials, and we will not quit until this is done," Obama said on Oct. 31 after he and Christie toured Shore destruction.
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Video: Obama: The war on terror, "like all wars, must end"
CBS News - 5 Hours ago
4:46 PM Warning of the danger of keeping America on a "perpetual wartime footing," President Obama called for an end to the war on terror, explaining, "Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations
Video Obama The war on terror like all wars must end Philippine Times
Obama: The war on terror, "like all wars, must end" CBS News
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Obama denounces deadly attack on British soldier
People.com.cn - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday denounced the deadly attack on a British soldier in a London street a day ago."I condemn in the strongest terms the appalling attack
Obama denounces attack on British soldier Xinhua News Agency
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Analysis: Obama expresses regrets but seeks to retain anti-terror powers
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
President Obama declared an end to a fearful chapter in American history on Thursday and demanded more from the country and himself as it enters the next. Obamas reflected an unusual ambivalence from
Analysis: Obama has regrets but seeks to retain anti-terror powers Washington Post
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Obama Nominates Two U.S. Senate Aides as Next SEC Commissioners
BusinessWeek - 5 Hours ago
Kara M. Stein and Michael S. Piwowar, two senior aides to U.S. senators, were nominated today by President Barack Obama to join the Securities and Exchange Commission. Stein would replace Elisse B. Walter
Obama Picks Two U.S. Senate Aides as Next SEC Commissioners Bloomberg
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Obama talks drones: Will it increase transparency for Pentagon to take lead?
Christian Science Monitor - 4 Hours ago
In a speech Thursday, President Obama acknowledged some of the complexities involved in the drone war. A new presidential directive released this week says that the Pentagon, rather than the CIA, should
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Obama puts restrictions on drone program
Los Angeles Times - 4 Hours ago
Setting a new tone on U.S. counter-terrorism policy, he also lifts the ban on sending Guantanamo prisoners home. By Ken Dilanian and Christi Parsons, WASHINGTON Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism
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Obama reveals conflicted thinking on drone strikes
Los Angeles Times - 3 Hours ago
In a major speech, President Obama tries to answer critics of drone strikes but also raises his own questions. By Kathleen Hennessey and Christi Parsons, WASHINGTON At times defensive, solemn, lawyerly
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Editorial Board: Obama renews his anti-terrorism strategy
Washington Post - 3 Hours ago
FOUR YEARS almost to the day since outlining a vision of how to fight terrorism, President Obama traveled Thursday to the National Defense University to deliver a . The speech offered some valuable explanations
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Obama to tour Jersey Shore with Gov. Chris Christie the day after Memorial Day
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama plans to give the Jersey Shore a boost with a post-Memorial Day visit to showcase recovery efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The White House says the president
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Obama: U.S. at ‘crossroads’ in fight against terrorism
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
President Obama said Thursday that the United States has reached a crossroads in its fight against terrorism and that it is time to redefine and recalibrate a war that eventually will end. Far from repudiating
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Obama nominates former campaign aide to head OPM
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
The Washington Post E-mail the writer President Obama has nominated Katherine Archuleta, a top official in his 2012 campaign, to head the Office of Personnel Management. Archuleta, the second Hispanic
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Against the odds: Could Democrats regain the House?
USA Today - 5 Hours ago
New York Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democrats' campaign committee, says an improving economy and attack-prone GOP just might enable Democrats to defy history and win back the House in 2014.U.S.
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Obama gives robust defense of targeted killing program
NBCNews.com - 3 Hours ago
Chris Hayes takes a look at President Obama's defense of the targeted killing program. Share This: All In President Obama makes case for end of the war on terror All In Why Obama gave this counterterrorism
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