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Citizens cannot be tried in military commissions. >> historically speaking, foreign policy tends to either stain or illuminate a presidents legacy. time will tell which foreign policy position will define the obama years. joining us to discuss from washington is former assistant secretary of state and professor at george washington university, professor pj crowley. professor, thank you for joining us. >> hello. >> pj as we talk about the legacy of the obama doctrine, vis-a-vis our war on terrori...

You know, if playing whack-a-mole in pakistan is creating a dynamic where people come out of the woodwork like faisal shazad or the tsarnaev brothers, weve got to relate to that, or perhaps keep the tool, but use it less. >> i want to go back to something that wes was talking about. the other piece of this as somebody who has a loved one in afghanistan, on a fifth tour of duty right now is the impact that the bombing in boston and how we treat these two men, now one, has on our soldiers on the g...

Easy it is to develop these things as weve seen now for a decade in iraq and afghanistan. i think the other thing its important to remember that all of these things that happened to reform policy are not done in isolation. whether were talking about drone strikes, whether were talking about you know, islamic cartoons, collection of other things, these things are noticed by people around the world. and you know, a perfect example was the past weekend, i was overseas. the number one lead overseas,...

Has been a motivator for jihadists around the world, particularly the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003. so this just continues a theme, and its not even unique to the united states. faisal shazad, the times square bomber, said he was motivated by the ongoing drone campaign in pakistan. >> wes, as someone who has seen combat, were having our first hearing on drone strikes, which is interesting given how long weve been using them as a terrorism measure. generally stanley mcchrystal told "reuters," th...

Are there and theyre going door to door and theyre going into, and doing sweeps, theyre creating enemies and resentment as well. so then they move to the drone strikes and again that shows arrogance and you, we saw the figure, 4,000 people killed. 10% civilian, maybe? or unintended people? hundreds at least who have been killed. and if were engaging in any sort of military conflict in afghanistan, pakistan region, yemen, or in iraq as we had previously, we get into this position where were going...

People. >> i am not somebody who believes that the president has the authority to do whatever he wants or whatever she wants whenever they want, just under the guise of counterterrorism. >> todays hearings will address proposals to increase their transparency. for a president who voted against the wars in iraq and won the nobel peace prize, his policy on drones have come as a surprise to many. the presidents hawkishness has not been universal. that was apparent this week when the president ignor...