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Text of President Obama speech on terrorism
WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White ...
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Woman accused of contaminating daughters IV tubes
TUCSON, Ariz. -; A prosecutor says a woman on trial in Tucson contaminated her hospitalized infant daughter's intravenous lines in an attempt to get attention from the girl's ...
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Obama condemns `appalling attack on UK soldier
Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to ...
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Obama prom photo revealed
TIME magazine on Thursday published photos of Obama, then 17, with his date and another couple before their senior prom in Hawaii. Obama was sporting a white suit jacket; his date Megan Hughes wore a light blue gown. Also pictured is Obama’s classmate Kelli Allman, who offered up the pictures, and her date Greg Orme. "You are extremely sweet and foxy, I don’t know why Greg ...
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Obama To Limit Drone Strikes Renew Effort To Close Guantanamo
President Obama on Thursday unveiled a major pivot in White House counter-terrorism policy, calling for a limiting of CIA drones strikes and for a renewed effort to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Speaking at ...
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Remarks Obamas counterterrorism speech at National Defense University
President Barack Obama announced plans Thursday that could lead to the release of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, and justified his administration’s use of drone strikes to kill terrorists abroad as effective, lawful and critical to national ...
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Obama promises anew to transfer detainees out of Guantanamo
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced plans Thursday that could lead to the release of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, and justified his administration’s use of drone strikes to kill terrorists abroad as effective, lawful and critical to national security. In a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, Obama said the U.S. is at a “crossroads” of ...
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Boehner Skeptical That Obama Didnt Know About IRS Targets
House Speaker John A. Boehner says it "really is inconceivable" that President Obama wouldn't have known about the unfolding IRS scandal before learning about it from reporters, as the White House has claimed. "It's pretty inconceivable to me that the president wouldn't know," he said on Greta van Susteren's Fox News program that aired late Wednesday. ...
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Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery The Future of our Fight against Terrorism
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 future of warfare here in the 21st century. For over two centuries, the United States has been bound together by founding documents that defined who we are as Americans, and served as our ...
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Obama speech Perpetual war will prove self-defeating – live updates
o Obama making speech on future of counter-terrorismo President expected to redefine drones programmeo Likely to restart release of Guantanamo prisonerso Follow live updates ...
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Ammonium nitrate chemical behind texas explosion is all over the United States
Smoke rises in the distance about half a mile from the West Fertilizer Company, April 18, 2013 in West, Texas. A massive explosion at the fertilizer company injured more than 200 people and left damaged buildings for blocks in every direction. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty ...
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Obama prom photos Yep presidents go to prom too
Breaking news, guys: President Obama went to prom, too. The Commander-in-Chief's 1979 prom photos are sweeping the Internet, after Time ...
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Obama to limit drone strikes in much-anticipated counterterrorism speech
President Barack Obama meets with members of his national security team to discuss developments in the Boston bombings investigation, in the Situation Room of the White House, April 19, 2013. Pictured, from left, are: FBI Director Robert Mueller; Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Attorney General Eric Holder; Deputy National Security Advisor Tony ...
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Forever Gitmo How Obama will try and likely fail to close Guantanamo
much-anticipated speech at the National Defense University this afternoon, he will undoubtedly be hoping to detract attention from a raft of scandals now plaguing his administration and move the national debate to more substantive issues. If so, he is likely to be disappointed. The president is expected to announce he will limit the use of controversial drone strikes against suspected ...
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The 4 key points of Barack Obamas counterterrorism speech
In advance of Barack Obama's counterterrorism speech at the National Defense University in Washington Thursday, senior White House officials briefed reporters on the meat and potatoes of the president's address. If you don't have the time to watch the entire speech (you can livestream ...
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A TALL ORDER Lincoln Note Saving Teen Soldier Up for Sale
The recently found telegram from 1865 was signed by Lincoln who urged Union Army officials to allow Perry Harris to be discharged from service after an impassioned plea from his ...
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Morgan Falls Asleep On Air
Morgan Freeman is pretty much Hollywood royalty, so it's no surprise that two Seattle-based news anchors were super excited to interview the famous actor. But the 75-year-old star didn't seem to share their excitement, as he struggled to keep his eyes open during an early-morning interview with the anchors on Wednesday. Freeman appeared to nod off during the segment, ...
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Groups Slam SC “Pro-Obama” GOP Senators
Nine ';Republican in Name Only'; members of the South Carolina Senate were slammed by one of the Palmetto State’s leading limited government groups this week after voting ...
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Canadian Oil Sands Strong Dividend History Helps Get It To The Top 25
report. The report noted that among the coverage universe, COS shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics. The report also cited the strong quarterly dividend history at Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., and favorable long-term multi-year growth rates in key fundamental data ...
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Obama America at crossroads in terror fight
President Barack Obama speaks about his administration's drone and counterterrorism policies, as well as the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ...
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Latin America Amnesty Releases Annual Human Rights Report
annual report for 2013 , in which it highlights the main issues affecting human rights globally and in Latin America. The 2013 report focused much of its attention on the plight of migrants and refugees, and in this context the organisationurged the US government to reconsider its immigration laws as hundreds of Latin American citizens risk their lives every year in illegal border ...
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Obama Needs To Pivot To Jobs — Again
(Credit: New York Times.) Remember the first pivot to jobs?After wasting much of 2011 trying to strike a Grand Bargain with the Republicans on deficit reduction, which earned him the worst approval ratings of his Presidency, Obama finally woke up in the fall of that year and pivoted toward the jobs issue.He proposed the American Jobs Act, a major package of infrastructure investment, extended ...
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Obama to announce restrictions on drone strikes
USA President Barack Obama is expected to announce drastic changes to the United States' counterterrorism operations today, reforming the rules that guide America's drone program while also expediting the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees. The president will speak at the National Defense University in Washington, DC at 2 p.m. EST to discuss those two issues in particular, weighing ...
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Obama announces narrower drone strike strategy
By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he is narrowing the cases in which his administration will use remotely piloted aircraft, or drones, to kill suspected al Qaida terrorists.In a speech at the National Defense University, Obama also reiterated the pledge he made last month to renew his efforts to persuade Congress to agree to close the ...
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Canada threatens retaliation as meat labelling deadline passes
Canada is threatening possible retaliatory action after the U.S. Department of Agriculture changed its Country of Origin Labelling rules — Ottawa says the changes don’t address issues that led to a WTO ruling that the program is ...
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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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