:smack: Read the article. The U.S. is not at war with Yemen. Jesus.
Wars don’t work that way any more.
For good and for bad. We haven’t declared war since 1941.
That’s great. If only Americans knew more about their wars in Pakistan, Yemen, and possibly the Philippines. Alas, the drone program does not officially exist.
Right, so the US president can order the extra-judicial execution of a US citizen in any country of the world if it can somehow be justified as part of the overreaching “war on terror”.
Thats pretty broad.
Hey, if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. 
Well, to even have favorite authors to invite to the White House, you have to read.
The Obama administration has never formally acknowledged the CIA-administered targeted assassination program that is being used in Yemen and Pakistan. That’s classified.
Brennan’s acknowledgment was brilliantly ambiguous; he does not specify where the drone strikes are occurring. He could have easily been talking about the military drone strikes in Afghanistan, which isn’t classified information, and aren’t the same as the CIA-conducted ones. From the same article:
Which is completely irrelevant. “The Obama administration today argued before a federal court that it should have unreviewable authority to kill Americans the executive branch has unilaterally determined to pose a threat.”
They did actually then execute an US citizen with no judicial process.
So the US president does have the power to execute US citizens with no trial or due process, and has actually done so.
Yes, well… the “kitchen” is Earth.
Thanks
Not necessarily, Whilst it is true GWB read very few books in office, he listened to a heck load of audio books whilst exercising.
President Bush was a voracious reader while in office. Reportedly heavily focused on biographies, which wouldn’t be unusual for a Yale history grad.
Minor aside – I recently was invited to a White House Kitchen Garden Tour by an insider who procured tickets for our family. Admittedly the tour takes place outside the building; nevertheless I wore a suit, tie, and good shoes.
Several people asked me why. Why did I dress up?
OK, I am no fan of formal dress – I’m always uncomfortable in suit and tie. But it seems to me, even in this increasingly informal world, that an invitation to the White House is one of the most clear-cut arguments for dressing up that remains.
I was prepared to hear “Oh, you needn’t have,” but to be earnestly asked left me all but speechless.