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Milestones for Guantanamo Bay Detention Center

Source: ABC News

President Barack Obama is expected to reaffirm his 2008 campaign promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, where terror suspects have been held since 2002, and begin the transfer of some prisoners to other countries. ...
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Obama: Time to modify anti-terror strategy, close Guantanamo

Source: United Press International

Detainees attend a class at Camp VI in Camp Delta at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. FILE/UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg License photo WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Thursday said there is no "just ...
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Obama: al Qaeda is on 'a path to defeat'

Source: Washington Times

President Obama talks about national security on May 23, 2013, at the ... more > President Obama on Thursday announced major changes to the nation’s counterterrorism policy, limiting drone strikes and renewing his effort t ...
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How to Make Staggering Amounts of Money and Ruin the Planet

Source: Mother Jones

It wasn't that complicated. In recent years, the companies they run have been extracting fossil fuels from the Earth in ever more frenetic and ingenious ways. The burning of those fossil fuels, in turn, has put record amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) i ...
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Obama To Limit Drone Strikes, Renew Effort To Close Guantanamo

Source: NPR

The president delivers a major national security address. Listen live on NPR.org and many member stations. President Obama on Thursday unveiled a major pivot in White House counter-terrorism policy, limiting drones strikes and concent ...
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Watch and Read Obama's Big Speech on Drones and 'Narrowly Targeting' War

Source: The Atlantic

The speech is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. ET at National Defense University in Washington. You can watch the White House live stream below, but we'll update you on the highlights as the speech unfolds, but the full text ...
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Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech

Source: WSB-TV Atlanta

President Barack Obama is set to at least partially lift the veil of secrecy surrounding U.S.-directed drone strikes around the world, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours ...
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Obama to take new look at war on terror

Source: Mail & Guardian Online

Obama will make a speech on Thursday reframing US anti-terror policy that will shape his presidential legacy. Obama faces pressure to honour promises of transparency and to confront an evolved threat of new al-Qaeda-inspi ...
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Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Biggest Criminal Enterprise in History

Source: TomDispatch

[Note for TomDispatch Readers: TD will be taking the Memorial Day weekend off. The next piece will be posted on Tuesday May 28th. Tom] We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group: genocide. And one for the c ...
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Obama to push for transparency in face of threats

Source: WVEC.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is outlining measures to clarify the deadly use of drones against terror suspects, make good on a pledge to close the controversial prison at Guantanamo Bay and warn Americans about dire threats they conti ...
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