article_snippet.sent: Several investigations into the botched drone strike, including by the CIA and US Congress, are expected to take place in the coming months.
article_snippet.sent: Despite President Obama's defense of President Obama counterterrorism record, congressional leaders rapidly called for more oversight over the drone program., .
article_snippet.sent: The Republican senator and 2008 failed presidential candidate predicted the January drone strike will renew a debate within the President Obama administration on how the drone program is run.
article_snippet.sent: However, there still appeared to be strong support in Congress for employing the unmanned drones against enemy targets, which has expanded during the Obama administration.
article_snippet.sent: In 2013, Obama defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy, saying, 'Simply put, these strikes save lives.'
article_snippet.sent: Since taking office, Obama's counterterrorism strategy has increasingly relied on the use of strikes by unmanned spy drones, particularly in Pakistan and Yemen.
article_snippet.sent: The highly secretive program has faced criticism from congressional lawmakers who have questioned The highly secretive program scope and legality.
article_snippet.sent: Even though CIA drone strikes in Pakistan have steeply declined from a peak of around 128 in 2010, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which tracks each strike reported by the media- there have been seven drone strikes in Pakistan so far this year, Even though CIA drone strikes in Pakistan have steeply declined from a peak of around 128 in 2010, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which tracks each strike reported by the media- said.