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• Obama reframes counterterrorism policy with new rules on drones
  In a major address Thursday President Barack Obama sought to reframe the nation’s counterterrorism strategy, saying, “Our systematic effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue. But this war, like all wars, must end. That's what history advises. That's what our democracy demands.”He said in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, “America is at a crossroads. We mus...
  
  
  
• Obama defends drones, renews pledge to close Gitmo in counterterror speech
  
  
  
  
• Obama: Gitmo a symbol that US 'flouts the rule of law'
  
  
  
  
• AP controversy shows test of striking a security balance
  
  
  
  
• 'Our actions are effective,' says Obama of drone strikes
  
  
  
  
• Obama addresses US citizen drone strike deaths
  
  
  
  
• Obama: Preference is to capture suspects, not use drone strikes
  
  
  
  
• Heckler interrupts Obama's defense speech
  
  
  
  
• Heckler repeatedly interrupts Obama speech
  President Barack Obama was repeatedly interrupted by a heckler whose taunts slowed the delivery of a major national security speech in the Washington, D.C. area.The unidentified heckler began shouting at the president toward the tail end of his highly-anticipated address, when he touched upon U.S. policy toward detainees suspected of terrorist acts.Obama was forced to pause three separate times an...
  
  
  
• Obama announces reframing of terrorism policy
  In a major address Thursday President Barack Obama sought to reframe his counterterrorism strategy saying that “America is at a crossroads.”“We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us, mindful of James Madison's warning that ‘No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.’ Neither I, nor any president, can promise the total defeat of te...