Protester finds sympathetic ear in President on Guantanamo, drones

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Holder: Drone strikes have killed 4 Americans since 2009

Counterterrorism drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas since 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged on Wednesday.

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US IDs 4 Americans Killed by Drones

Attorney General Eric Holder has disclosed in a letter to Congress that four Americans were killed by U.S. drones in the course of the government's counterterrorist attacks.

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Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against Islamist militants.

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