The targeted killing program that has become a staple of U.S. action abroad has never crossed inside U.S. borders, according to Attorney General Eric Holder. Could there conceivably be a time where drones are ordered to attack U.S. citizens inside...
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Michael Martinez, airframe and power plant mechanic with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., inspects an MQ-9 Reaper during a pre-flight check at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada.
Holder: U.S. Drone Strikes Possible
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A copy of the U.S. Constitution on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Constitution Read: 2nd Amendment — and more, from Republican House
Before Sandy aid came the Constitution. Members of the House of Representatives today continued a ritual begun two years ago after Republicans took control of the chamber by reading from the full text of the U.S. Constitution. Lawmakers of both parties...
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Arizona delegate Debra Jean Forrest wears a button of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer pointing at President Barack Obama during the Republican National Convention.
Brewer’s Bid for a Third Term: Arizona Constitutional Question
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the nation’s strictest immigration law in 2010 and once wagged her finger in President Barack Obama’s face, may challenge the state constitution to run for another term. Brewer, a 68-year-old Republican, is weighing a...
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, is sworn in as wife Michelle holds up the same bible used by former President Abraham Lincoln, during the inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2009.
Obama’s Fourth Oath of Office: Inauguration Day 2013
There’s only one president who has been sworn in as many times as President Barack Obama will be sworn in as chief executive of the nation on the public Inauguration Day of Jan. 21, 2013. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Steve Kerrigan,...
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Pakistani activists of the hard line Sunni party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) beat a protrait ofPresident Barack Obama during a protest against an anti-Islam movie in Peshawar.
Obama: `Awful Things Every Day’
President Barack Obama managed to draw some actual laughs in an otherwise somber speech today to the United Nations General Assembly when he explained why the U.S. doesn’t ban videos such as the anti-Muslim screed that sparked attacks on U.S. embassies...
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Candidates are keen to extol the wisdom of America’s founders and the blessings bestowed by the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution: free speech, freedom of religion, the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To which Rick Santorum would...
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