Obama at War: Congress and the Imperial Presidency - Hardcoverby Ryan C. Hendrickson (Author) During President Barack Obama's first term in office, the United States expanded its military presence in Afghanistan and increased drone missile strikes across Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The administration also deployed the military to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean, engaged in a sustained bombing operation in Libya, and deployed U. S. Special Forces in Central Africa to capture or kill Joseph Kony. In these