And the Qaddafi regime has chosen as a government, as the military force, as the -- well, as a government and a military force to undertake attacks of those citizens and those civilian-populated areas.

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Mr. Obama said for the first time that the 2001 congressional Authorization for the Use of Military Force adopted after the Sept. 11 attacks should be revised and eventually repealed to recognize that al Qaeda is a terror organization on the path to defeat.

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In September, a three-judge appeals court panel ruled that the detention was lawful, citing the president's constitutional powers as commander in chief and the congressional resolution authorizing the president to use military force against the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks.

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In a 2012 speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, Brennan asserted that the drone strikes are legal under a military force authorization approved by Congress after the 2001 al Qaeda attacks on the United States.

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At issue was whether the Authorization for Use of Military Force -- passed by Congress after the September 11, 2001, attacks -- gave the president the power to order the indefinite military detention of an accused terrorist seized on domestic soil.

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The Quds Force, a secretive Iran military unit blamed for terrorist activity, probably executed the cyber-attacks, he said.

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The attacks killed two police officers and sickened about 350 Iraqis and six coalition force members, the military said.

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