US President Barack Obama is now seeking to influence global guidelines for drone use as China and other countries pursue their own programmes.
New documents show that Osama bin Laden was not the "puppet master" of jihadi groups around the world and complained of what he called "incompetence".
In many ways, it’s the perfect weapon for a war-weary nation that suddenly finds itself on a tight budget.
Rifts between the United States and Pakistan over the Osama bin Laden killing have been mended during CIA meetings in Washington.
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/ 3 February 2010
The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day has provided "useful, actionable" intelligence to US authorities.
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/ 12 February 2009
Barack Obama may think words like ”catastrophe,” or ”crisis” will help sell his rescue plans, but history has shown that scare tactics can backfire.
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/ 21 January 2009
George Bush bid farewell to Washington politics on Tuesday, leaving with little fanfare as the US turned its attention to new President Barack Obama.
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/ 14 October 2008
The United States pledged on Tuesday to pump -billion into its banks, following similar action in Europe, though a threat of recession remained.
President George Bush said on Saturday that benefits from the recently passed financial bailout would take time to show up in the US economy.
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/ 16 September 2008
United States President George Bush pledged swift federal aid for millions of storm-struck Texans on Tuesday.