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On the recordApril 22, 2013
One of the things we have got to do is put a legal architecture in place and we need congressional help in order to do that, to make sure that not only am I reigned in, but any President is reigned in.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama emphasizes the need for a legal framework to regulate presidential power in drone usage.

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