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Anti-Gitmo Protester Repeatedly Heckles Obama He Lauds The Voice of That Woman is Worth Listening To
President Barack Obama at a previous speech at the National Defense University (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama this afternoon was repeatedly interrupted by a female heckler who shouted at him from the audience, apparently to protest that he was not immediately releasing people from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the U.S. government keeps terrorists, such as 9/11 ...
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Obama We’ve Set ‘High Threshold’ That ‘Respects Inherent Dignity of Every Human Life’—When Dealing With Terrorists
a speech on counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., today, President Barack Obama explained that when deciding whether to target terrorists with drones--whether or not the terrorists are U.S. citizens--he has set a "high threshold" of respect for human life. "But the high threshold that we have set for taking lethal action applies to all ...
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Obama Vows to Work with Britain on Syria
President Obama vowed Monday to work with Britain to pressure the Syrian government to end its bloody civil war, calling the violence there appalling. With Prime Minister David Cameron at his side, Obama said the two allies would work to strengthen moderate opposition against the hardline regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The two also discussed the Mideast peace process and a possible ...
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Boy Scouts of America overturn gay youth ban
The Boy Scouts of America have approved a proposal to end a ban on openly gay scouts that has been in place throughout the organisation's 103-year history, the group said in a statement. The vote by more than 1,400 members of the group's National Council came amid intense lobbying by gay-rights activists and members of conservative organisations. The change does not remove the ...
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Obama Outlines Initial Steps In Renewed Effort To Close Gitmo
outlining his administration’s counterterrorism policies also detailed plans on how to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Amid a growing hunger strike among Gitmo detainees that gained national attention after ...
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Obama Pushes to Close Gitmo Defends Drone Strikes
his commitment to closing the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba during a wide-ranging speech on US counterterrorism policy Thursday, calling on Congress to lift restrictions on transferring detainees at Guantanamo and defending the controversial use of drone strikes overseas as necessary and legal, but announcing new restraints on targeted killings. "Gitmo has become a ...
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Mount Cashel abuse survivors win financial settlement
Lawyers for survivors of abuse by Christian Brothers at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John's, seen here in this undated photo, have received a financial settlement. ...
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A white paper on the controversy over homosexuals in the Boy Scouts of America
NARTH offers the following synopsis of scientific research on homosexuality that may be helpful to the national council of the Boy Scouts of America as it deliberates a change in policy that would allow homosexually-identified youth as members.[1] The development of homosexuality is influenced by environment. Homosexuality is not an unchangeable biologically determined trait like ...
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Mounties celebrate 140 years of crisp scarlet uniforms North West Mounted Police get high-profile Google salute
Almost 140 years ago, Commissioner George Arthur French led 275 officers to the prairie lands of Canada -- a place unknown to almost every one of them. Liquor trafficking in the west compelled Prime Minister John A. MacDonald to send his newly minted Mounties to bring law to the land. It was crucial to shaping Canada and -- on the 140th anniversary of North West Mounted Police's creation ...
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Obama and counter-terrorism bringing drones in from the cold
drones . Drone strikes have grown eightfold under the president who vowed in his Nobel prize acceptance speech that the US must remain a standard bearer in the conduct of war. And yet the standards that Mr Obama has applied to the killing of suspected militants in non-combat zones of Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia remain opaque. Not even the basic facts, such as the number of strikes, are ...
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Republicans criticize Obama over call for repeal of 2001 use of force law
President Obama drew sharp criticism from Republican senators Thursday for urging the repeal of the 2001 law that effectively authorized the war on terror. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., claimed the president was assuming Al Qaeda is "on the run," calling that mindset "really incredible." The president addressed the law, known as the Authorization for Use of ...
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President Obamas prepared remarks for speech on counterterrorism policy
Below are the prepared remarks for President Obama's counterterrorism policy speech at the National Defense University: MAY 23, 2013 SPEAKER: President Barack Obama OBAMA: It's an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791- standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the ...
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Obama the Idealist vs. Obama the Terrorist Killer
President Obama pauses during his speech at the National Defense University. (Larry Downing/Reuters) "Our laws constrain the power of the President, even during wartime, and I have taken an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States," President Obama said in a speech Thursday at the National Defense University. Obama's role as defender of the Constitution has been ...
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In Drone Speech Obama Gets Slippery on Killing U.S. Citizens
President Obama has an eerie and alarming ability to detach himself from his own dubious actions. This character trait was on full display in his speech on Thursday at the National Defense University. When he talked about the need to shut down Guantanamo, he said: "Look at the current situation, where we are force-feeding detainees who are holding a hunger strike. Is that something that ...
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Obama announces steps toward Guantanamo closure
Gen. John Kelley believes the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay was triggered by the inmate's belief that President Obama had given up trying to close the prison. David Martin reports on how 23 of the prisoners participating in a hunger strike are being force fed to be kept ...
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Watch Obama Promises More Oversight on Drone Strikes
This afternoon President Obama defended the most controversial aspect of America's national security strategy. Unmanned drone attacks he said they were legal expected and necessary to ...
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Obama This War Like All Wars Must End
May 23, 2013 5:08pm The president’s confrontation with a Code Pink heckler in his speech today at National Defense University was quite a moment. But don’t lose sight of the big picture – the heckler was a side show. This was one of President Obama’s most significant speeches, an attempt to mark a shift in what is known (but he does not call) the war on terror. ...
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Obama Orders DOJ Review of Leaks
May 23, 2013 5:12pm President Obama is a little uneasy with the way journalists have been dragged into the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of national security leak investigations. In fact, he has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a 45-day review of the department’s guidelines on the issue. That bit of news was buried in the middle of the president’s ...
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The United States and Britain on Monday pledged to forge ahead with diplomatic e…
WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States and Britain stepped up pressure on Russia over Syria, but President Barack Obama warned old suspicions could trample new "common ground" on the crisis. Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to build momentum behind a new US-Russia sponsored conference on Syria, now expected to take place in June, as they met at the White House. ...
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Barack Obamas high school prom pictures released
Barack Obama has released pictures of the head of state as a 17-year-old on his way to prom in Hawaii. Kelli Allman, who went to prom with Obama's friend Greg Orme, released pictures of Obama and his date, Megan Hughes, posing with Allman and Orme before going to the Punahou School's prom, Time magazine reported Thursday. Allman said the pictures were taken at her home, where the ...
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Archaeologists in Mexico discover thousands of ancient cave paintings
Archaeologists are reporting the discovery of nearly 5,000 cave paintings at 11 different sites in Mexico, likely created by early hunter-gatherers. The red, white, black and yellow images discovered near Burgos in eastern central Mexico depict humans engaged in hunting, fishing and gathering, and animals such as deer, lizards and centipedes. The paintings are as yet undated but archaeologists ...
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Obama rhetorically ends the war on terror
President Barack Obama makes a point about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington on ...
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Yemen welcomes Obama decision on Gitmo transfers
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.In a statement released Thursday shortly after Obama announced the step, the Yemeni Embassy said it appreciated the switch. It said Yemen would work with the U.S. to ensure the safe return of Yemeni detainees ...
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Senate confirms first Obama nominee for appeals court in D.C.
Sri will in fact be the first South Asian American to serve as a circuit court judge in our history.';The president also urged senators to fill other court vacancies.';While I applaud ...
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Obamas Hasty Push for Reconciliation With Burmas Thein Sein
The fast pace of rapprochement between Burma and the United States continued this week with the visit of Burma's president Thein Sein to Washington, where he met with President Obama and congressional leaders and signed a trade agreement. At the same time, political reform in Burma has slowed to a crawl. In its haste to pursue a closer relationship with Burma, the administration risks ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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