Friday, May 24, 2013

In sign of shifting policy, Obama looking to end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'

U.S. President Barack Obama. PHOTO/File

(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.

In a major policy speech on Thursday, Obama narrowed the scope of the targeted-killing drone campaign against al Qaeda and its allies and took steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.

He acknowledged the past use

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