U.S. President Barack Obama will seek from a series of domestic scandals speech Thursday that attract attention, to defend the United States to use drones abroad, and close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, lays out a vision.
After nearly two weeks of treatment on his controversial attack killed four Americans in Libya, the IRS considered conservative groups and the government for the reporter in leak probe, Obama will try to shift the focus, emphasizing his commitment to transparency and desire to address Close a prison, he promised to shut down years ago.
, Originally scheduled for 14:00 (1800 GMT) speech at the National Defense University in Washington, said that a certain degree of support for Obama after the recent criticism that his government is mysterious, bully opponents civil liberties.
It also aims to address international and domestic pressure, Obama's counter-terrorism policy.
U.S. drone attack using military extremists in countries such as Pakistan and human rights activist provoke tensions at home.
Obama's inability to do a good job in 2008 has highlighted the campaign promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison hunger strike by more than 100 detainees there are dozens of people have been force-fed, keep them from death.
Efforts to respond to days news reports have occupied the scandal, the White House, marking Obama will discuss the "ultimate packaging" prison in 2001, and outlined a wide range of counter-terrorism strategy to address the threat has changed since September 11, , "base" organizations to support attacks on New York and Washington.
"With his commitment to work with the American people open and transparent, he will speak at length about the policy and legal grounds to the United States to take direct action against al Qaeda and its associated forces, including the drone attacks , "White House, officials said last Wednesday night.
"He will discuss why the use of drone attacks are necessary, lawful and justified, while meeting our targeted action to use the various issues raised," she said.
Obama was faced with leftist supporters and rightist opponents pressure, so secretive decision-making process, guiding unmanned aircraft using more rigorous scrutiny. He said earlier this year that he wanted to become more open to question.
In his address the precursor, the Bush administration formally recognized the first time last Wednesday that it has killed four Americans in Yemen and Pakistan's counter-terrorism operations, including the radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
"You may see some concessions from the president to explain how we use and prove not only a targeted attack, but can also create procedures and constraints restricting its use, Juan Zarate, said:" In the U.S. Strategic and International Research Center and a former senior adviser to Republican President George · W · Bush's counterterrorism adviser.
Reuters reported earlier this week that the government has decided to abandon the Pentagon now controls some of UAV operations run by the CIA. This will make greater use of unmanned aerial vehicles to combat congressional oversight "base" organization in Pakistan and Yemen and other countries.
Close Guantanamo
Officials said Obama will reaffirm his commitment to close the Guantanamo prison, and laid steps to help achieve this goal.
"The president is considering a range of options, we can reduce the population toward an eventual collapse, some of which we can take our own way, but some of them will need to work with Congress," White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Wednesday.
One option, he said, it is in the State Department to re-appoint a senior official to renew the United States shifted its focus detained or repatriated to their country of origin.
The White House declined to comment on a report in the Wall Street Journal said the government transferred from Guantanamo detainees are set to restart. Obama plans to release in the coming weeks administration prohibits sending detainees in Yemen, the paper reported.
Close Guantanamo is full of difficult legal and political problems.
An assistant Republican House Armed Services Chairman Howard McKeon said Obama would have to "what the president intends to work with those terrorists who are too dangerous to be released, but you can not try on specific answers; how he will ensure that the transfer is Detainees can not re-enter the battle, he would do a new terrorist detention and interrogation capture or those who are very dangerous terrorists are still held in Afghanistan. "
Thomas Pickering, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to form a bipartisan proposal to help close the prison, said Obama had to close it to move forward, even though he faced obstacles from legislators.
Help in the form of plans, he suggested ways to address the remaining detainees, including their attempt in a civil court or find a way to deport them back to where they would face torture.
"He has the responsibility, as president, leadership, and to pick us up, he thinks we need to go, Pickering said:" Obama. "My hope is that he will embrace these things, or if there is a better way toward his goal."
 
 



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