Obama on drones: Public deserves more info

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POLICY. President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union Address in this file photo by AFP

In a Google+ Fireside Hangout last February 14, US President Barack Obama said Americans needed more than just his word to be assured he was not misusing his powers in waging a secret drone war overseas. Asked about the debate over drone usage, Obama replied, “It is not sufficient for citizens to just take my word for it that we are doing the right thing,” Obama said. Debate about the use of drones has slowly been mounting following the September 2011 killing in Yemen of cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a senior Al-Qaeda operative who was an American citizen.


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