RAW: Obama Says Drone Strike that Killed American Hostage Was “Deadly Mistake”

President Obama apologized to the families of two hostages killed in a U.S. drone strike against al-Qaida in January near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Italian Giovanni Lo Porto and Dr. Warren Weinstein, of Maryland, died in the strike. “It is a cruel and bitter truth that in the fog of generally, and in the fight against terrorists specifically, mistakes — sometimes deadly mistakes — can occur,” Obama said.