article_snippet.sent: President Obama last week publicly apologized for the hostage deaths and took 'full responsibility' for all counter terrorism operations.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier, President Obama took full responsibility for the counterterror missions and offered President Obama 'grief and President Obama President Obama was quick to stress that 'we do believe that the operation did take out dangerous members of Al-Qaeda.'
article_snippet.sent: President Obama also noted that January 15 strike was 'fully consistent with the guidelines under which we conduct counterterrorism efforts in the region. '
article_snippet.sent: Since 9/11, our counterterrorism efforts have prevented terrorist attacks and saved innocent lives both here in America, and around the world,' the commander-in-chief said during a press conference Thursday.
article_snippet.sent: I think it was probably preventable, in that there was an obvious breakdown in intelligence.
article_snippet.sent: Critics have long complained about civilians being killed in the air strikes.
article_snippet.sent: Obama said Obama ordered the raid because the 33-year-old Somers was believed to be in 'imminent danger.'
article_snippet.sent: Obama condemned the 33-year-old Somers killing as a 'barbaric murder.'
article_snippet.sent: But also acknowledged the targeted strikes are no 'cure-all' and said Obama is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Obama took 'full responsibility' for January deaths of US hostage Dr Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto in drone strike .
  