Obama defends drones, pledges to close Guantanamo Bay

He laid out new guidelines for the use of drone strikes, saying that the terror threat is becoming more “diverse” and the war on terror is becoming “boundless.” To carry out a drone strike, a target must pose an “imminent” threat to national security and capture is not an option. The Guantanamo Bay facility will undergo another attempt at closure, despite Obama’s promise to shut it down in his last term. The inmates are proposed to be moved to Yemen.