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
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'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
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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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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 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
