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  Obama softens US policy on drones

'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

Tsongas: Stopping military sex assaults 'comes down to the commanders'

  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.

Obama renews vow to shut down prison at Guantanamo Bay

  NBC Terrorism Analyst Roger Cressey joins Daily Rundown guest host Peter Alexander to discuss the president’s proposed terrorism policy.

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  Obama takes on drone critics

Chris Hayes looks at President Obama's defense of the drone program with the ACLU National Security Project's Hina Shamsi and PBS' Joshua Foust.

  Obama gives robust defense of targeted killing program

Chris Hayes takes a look at President Obama's defense of the targeted killing program.

  President makes major speech on terrorism

Former Congressman and war veteran Patrick Murphy and Krystal Ball join Rev. Sharpton to discuss the president’s historic counter terrorism speech.

  Moving the drone program from the CIA to Defense Department

Former Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson talks about the crucial steps for this process.

  Exposure of double agent at heart of AP investigation

Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, talks with Rachel Maddow about why the U.S. government is so keen to find the source of the leak to the AP about the al Qaeda bomb plot, and the rare and valuable al Qaeda double agent whose life was put at risk by their reporting.

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