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Source: www.pbs.org – Thursday, May 23, 2013
Watch a live stream in the player above of President Barack Obama's speech at the National Defense University, scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. EDT Thursday. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to at least partially lift the veil of secrecy surrounding U.S.-directed drone strikes around the world, a key component of counterterrorism strategy, as he outlines the contours of the continuing threat to American security. On the eve of the president's speech at the National Defense University, the Obama administration revealed for the first time that a fourth American citizen had been killed in secretive drone strikes abroad. The killings of three other Americans in counterterror operations since 2009 were widely known before a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy acknowledged the four deaths. Obama's speech is expected to reaffirm his national security priorities – from homegrown terrorists to killer drones to the enemy combatants held at the military-run detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – but make no new sweeping policy announcements. The White House has offered few clues on how the president will address questions that have dogged his administration for years and, critics say, given foreign allies mixed signals about U.S. intentions in some of the world's most volatile areas. Obama will try to refocus an increasingly apathetic public on security issues as h

Watch Live: Obama Addresses Drones, Gitmo