Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Obama Administration In Drone Strike Attacks

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Obama Administration In Drone Strike Attacks
US President Barack Obama makes a statement to there press before a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House April 4, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama and Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa met to speak about bilateral issues. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama makes a statement to there press before a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House April 4, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama and Tunisian Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa met to speak about bilateral issues. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Obama administration officials over the 2011 drone-strike killings of three U.S. citizens in Yemen, one of them an al-Qaida cleric.

U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer says the case raises serious constitutional questions and is not easy to answer. But she says that she will grant the Obama administration's motion to dismiss.

The government has argued that the matter is best left to Congress and the executive branch, not judges, and that courts have recognized that the defense of the nation should be left to those political branches.

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