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Government document making the case for killing americans suspected of terrorism. our panel weighs in. robert greenwald just back from pakistan, joan walsh with us tonight, and lawrence korb. we'll talk about president obama's drone war. [ male announcer ] you know that guy who sells those remote control helicopters at the mall. buy 'em or don't. whatever man. either way, he gets to fly helicopters all day. i'm talking da vinci style flying machines! he's datin' kayla, the lotion girl. able, bodied, athleticism.

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War that's fairly unaccountable. i don't think he's obviously going to attract -- >> i was about to say i doubt he brings up the drone war. >> he's not here. you asked me, craig. >> you would like to hear him talk about the drone war, i'm sure. >> so i think there are both tremendous opportunities and still some serious problems with this president's foreign policy but he's going, to again, outlining that at grandest level of why america is going to be responsible steward and be a partner in change in the middle east, not an apressor. >> you don't have much patience for these grandiose speeche...

Sort of have a paucity of hope. i really think right now the country is in a downer, and i think that his speech has to be a very -- quite a bit of realism as opposed to the lofty rhetoric. >> we're talking about the speech to a certain extent as it's viewed through the eyes of folks in this country, but this is the type of speech that is going to be viewed by folks all over the world. >> yeah. >> what do you think or do we think that the president says anything at all about foreign policy or where he sees this country's role in global affairs over the next four years? >> look, the people who ...

Intended to target terrorists. the president has insisted that drones have been used only to prevent an operational plot against the united states. yet as the guardian reports, america's use of drones has soared during obama's time in office, with the white house authorizing attacks in at least four countries -- afghanistan, pakistan, yemen and somalia. it's estimated that the cia and the united states military have undertaken more than three hundred drone strikes and killed about 2500 people. it's clear we have yet to understand the full impact of the country's drone war. one former obama sec...