Obama: Gitmo a symbol that US 'flouts the rule of law'

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• Obama reframes counterterrorism policy with new rules on drones
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• Pressure mounts on House immigration negotiators
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• McConnell argues IRS should not be 'handed' 'Obamacare'
• IRS official pleads the fifth, should that right have been revoked?
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Man killed by FBI agent knew Tsarnaevs, official says

Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, had been acquainted with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev at a mixed martial arts center near Boston, according to a source briefed on the bombing investigation.

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• Immigration bill clears hurdle
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• Report says prosecutor behind 'Fast and Furious' leak

Were the bombings preventable?

Could the Boston Marathon bombing have been prevented?

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• FBI mourns agents who fell to their deaths during training
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Watch: Obama on Guantanamo Heckler: 'Worth Paying Attention To'

Woman interrupts president's speech calling on Congress to close detention center in Cuba.

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• Darrell Issa to Lois Lerner: Assertion of 'Fifth' Invalid
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• Watch: Obama to Address New Drone Strike Limits
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• 'Year Of The Woman Mayor' Suffers A Setback, But Other Opportunities Abound
• Bill Nye Jabs Inhofe on Climate Change
• Clintons Won't Endorse Weiner, or Anyone Else, in NYC Mayoral Race
• Clintons Won't Endorse Weiner, or Anyone Else, in NYC Mayoral Race
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• Obama To Tour Oklahoma Tornado Damage Sunday
• Watch: IRS' Lois Lerner: 'I Have Not Broken Any Laws'
• Watch: Los Angeles Elects Eric Garcetti as Mayor
• Watch: IRS's Lois Lerner: 'I Have Not Broken Any Laws'
• Christie Challenger Out With $1M TV Ad
• IRS' Lois Lerner Takes Fifth
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• Watch: IRS Official to Take the Fifth; Weiner Announces Mayoral Run
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Obama limits U.S. drone strikes in shift from constant war footing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on terror," restricting deadly U.S. drone strikes abroad and taking steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison.

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• Maine lawmakers, governor in stand-off on Medicaid expansion
• Lawmakers intensify push on military sexual assault problem
• Republican Issa to call IRS's Lerner back in Tea Party probe
• Analysis: In any scandal, lying to Congress is tough to prove
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• Nebraska attorney general wants abortion clinic nurse's license revoked
• U.S. military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo
• New Hampshire lawmakers reject casino bill backed by governor
• Texas lawmakers OK drug tests for some unemployment applicants
• Obama to lay out rationale for drone strikes in speech
• Obama to lay out rationale for drone strikes in speech
• Los Angeles mayor-elect vows to put recession in rear-view mirror
• Obama threatens to veto Republican student loan plan
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• IRS officials thwart lawmakers' quest for answers on IRS scandal
• Immigration bill gets Senate boost; House effort teetering
• IRS official refuses to answer questions at scandal hearing
• Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill
• Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor
• Kerry hails tentative Raytheon arms sale to Oman
• Voters oust mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in primary
• Senate panel backs arming Syria rebels
• House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come
• Arkansas state treasurer resigns in face of federal charges
• Lawmakers move to address U.S. military sex assault problem
• Senate panel nears completion of immigration bill
• Senator pulls same-sex proposal for immigration bill