drone strikes
The strike targeted a car in which Jalal Baleedi and two of his aides were traveling in southern Yemen.
Some activists are worried about the precedent it could set.
But the president's targeted killing policy is more complicated than he suggested.
U.S. drone strikes have killed scores of civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A new book on the 2012 presidential campaign claims that President Barack Obama told aides that he is "really good at killing people."
Most Democrats want to get U.S. troops the hell out of Afghanistan (outside of Official Washington, most Republicans agree.) But, the story goes, these Democrats have to have an "alternative," and the "alternative" is drone strikes.