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Available reporting shows substantial disagreement over how to count “military operations” Obama authorized and how many civilians died; narrow tallies exist for specific programs (e.g., drone strikes...
and other operations did include actions that detained or affected children, including family and the re‑establishment of that held mothers and children; the record is complex because the administrati...
argued that was playing a limited, supporting role inside a -commanded operation in and therefore did not require a new statutory declaration of war or fresh congressional authorization, relying on th...
President Obama’s deportation policy rhetorically and procedurally prioritized removing people with criminal records — a shift his administration said produced a large increase in the removal of convi...
Government tallies published under the Obama administration reported only dozens to low‑hundreds of civilian deaths from drone strikes outside active war zones, while independent trackers routinely pr...
The Obama administration maintained that the 2011 NATO-led military action in Libya did not require new congressional authorization because the limited, non‑ground‑troops mission fit within the Presid...
President Barack Obama’s administration publicly reported that 64–116 civilians were killed by U.S. drone and other strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Africa from 2009 to 2016 . Independent researchers an...
The Obama White House’s visible renovation footprint was modest and largely privately funded or low-cost: notable changes included converting the outdoor tennis court into a basketball court and creat...
The Obama White House advanced three sweeping policy shifts: major healthcare reform via the Affordable Care Act that expanded coverage and prohibited denials for pre‑existing conditions; a large fisc...