WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama wants to roll back some of the most controversial aspects of the U.S. "war on terror," but efforts to alter the global fight against Islamist militants will face the usual hurdle at home: staunch opposition from Republicans in Congress. Full story
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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
NBC’s Domenico Montanaro recaps key moments from this week in Washington, D.C., including the president’s speech on foreign policy, testimony in the IRS scandal and immigration reform.
White House Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken explains whether there will be more transparency in the president’s policy against terrorism.
Addressing an issue that has dogged his presidency and given ammunition to his critics, President Obama yesterday tackled head-on his administration's counterterrorism policy. Chairmen for Center of American Progress John Podesta joins the conversation.
Bill Scher from Liberal Oasis, Think Progress’ Igor Volsky, and Kelli Goff from The Root join MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts for a look at President Obama’s speech on drone strikes, the impact of the London terror attack here in the US, and whether it’s possible we could see a new era of bipartisanship in t
NBC News’ Michael Leiter shares his thoughts on the president’s counterterrorism policy.
John Harris, Karen Tumulty, and Rep. Adam Schiff discuss the president’s counterterrorism speech and determine how he can achieve the changes he’s sought out to make.
Congresswoman Nikki Tsongas, D-Mass., talks with MSNBC's Thomas Roberts about President Obama's speech on drone strikes, closing Guantanamo Bay, and preventing sexual assaults in the military.
NBC Terrorism Analyst Roger Cressey joins Daily Rundown guest host Peter Alexander to discuss the president’s proposed terrorism policy.
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaking to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned
epa03712970 British police officers work close to the scene where a soldier was murdered in John Wilson Street, Woolwich, south-east London, Britain, 23 May 2013. Two attackers with kitchen knives killed a British soldier on a street 22 May in south-east London afternoon in a case that police were t
Two soldiers walk past floral tributes placed near the scene of the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, southeast London May 23, 2013. The soldier was hacked to death on Wednesday by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared t
Floral tributes are seen placed near the scene of the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, southeast London May 23, 2013. The soldier was hacked to death on Wednesday by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street, in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a terrori
