U.S. President Barack Obama inspects guard of honour during his ceremonial reception at the forecourt of India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday defended his administration's drone-based counterterrorism strategy against al Qaeda militants in Yemen, saying the alternative would be to deploy U.S. troops, which was not sustainable.
"It is not neat and it is not simple, but it is the best option that we have," Obama told reporters at a news conference in New Delhi.
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