Obama said he couldn’t afford to look soft on terrorism as a ‘liberal president,’ but that he ‘took no joy’ in ordering people killed

Obama said he couldn’t afford to look soft on terrorism as a ‘liberal president,’ but that he ‘took no joy’ in ordering people killed

Summary List Placement The first drone strike of Barack Obama’s presidency occurred just three days after he was sworn into office.  The strike would typify Obama’s approach to counterterrorism. The Obama administration vastly expanded the US drone program established under former President George W. Bush, using drones for surveillance and targeted killings.  In his new…

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