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  Why Obama's speech was one of the 'best of his presidency'

Obama addressing Naval Academy graduates 2nd time

  A day after laying out his counterterrorism vision, President Barack Obama is addressing future military leaders in a speech to U.S. Naval Academy graduates. Full story

Lois Lerner and the problems with not acting swiftly

  IRS official Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave following reports she refused to resign as director of Exempt Organizations. But should Lerner be penalized for pleading the Fifth? And what has the public and administration learned from this controversy? The Morning Joe panel discuss

'Unfinished agenda' from Obama's first term surfaces in drone speech

  President Obama delivered the first major speech of his second term on Thursday, addressing the use of drone strikes and calling for a restricted use on unmanned strikes. How transparent will the administration be on drones in the future? The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson and NBC News' Tom Broka

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  Obama reveals clearer guidelines for drone strikes

In a counterterrorism speech on Thursday, President Obama focused on narrowrt guidelines for deadly drone strikes, arguing they are legal and effective, and announced an end to the ban on transferring detainees from Guantanamo back to Yemen. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports.

  Obama on precarious legal ground in American deaths by US drone strikes

Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation and author of “Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield,” talks with Rachel Maddow about the Obama administration's case for the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlawk and the legal questions surrounding the 'non-specific targeted' killing of

  Why Obama gave this counterterrorism speech now

Chris Hayes talks with Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison, Spencer Ackerman of Wired Magazine, and The Huffington Post's Howard Fineman about the President Obama's speech and what it means for policy going forward.

  Obama acknowledges protester 'is worth paying attention to'

During a major speech on counterterrorism, touching on drones and Guantanamo Bay, President Obama was heckled by a protester with a history of interrupting speeches in both the Bush and the Obama administration.

  President Obama makes case for end of the war on terror

Chris Hayes highlights the president's big policy speech on drone strikes, closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, and ending the war on terror. He's joined by Congressman Keith Ellison, Democrat of Minnesota.

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Obama Discusses US Counterterrorism Policy At National Defense University
Obama Discusses US Counterterrorism Policy At National Defense University

President Barack Obama tries to speak as Medea Benjamin, an activist from the organization called Code Pink, shouts at him while he spoke at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC.

A rally calling on the President Barack Obama to immediately suspend deportations and for Congress to pass an immigration reform that's inclusive of all 11 million undocumented people in the U.S.
U.S. President Barack Obama departs from the White House in Washington
  U.S. President Barack Obama departs from the White House in Washington

U.S. President Barack Obama departs to attend graduation ceremonies at the Naval Academy, via Marine One helicopter, from the White House in Washington May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

U.S. President Obama returns to shake the hand of a U.S. Marine before departing from the White House in Washington
  U.S. President Obama returns to shake the hand of a U.S. Marine before departing from the White House in Washington

U.S. President Barack Obama returns to shake the hand of a U.S. Marine, after forgetting to return his salute, before departing for graduation ceremonies at the Naval Academy, via the Marine One helicopter, from the White House in Washington May 24, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags