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First Word: Obama to outline a new course against terror

President Obama will outline a new course against terror in his first national security speech of his second term.
President Obama speaks at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. on on May 23, 2013. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
President Obama speaks at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. on on May 23, 2013.

President Obama will outline a new course against terror in his first national security speech of his second term. The president is expected to announced two big goals: scaling back on drone strikes and announcing, once again, to close Guantanamo Bay. The speech a day after the administration admitted using drones to kill suspected terrorists and foreign enemies and after  four Americans were killed with drones.

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