Thursday, April 23, 2015 two U.S. Hostages were accidentally killed in a counter terrorism operation by a United States Drone, which were targeted for an Al Qaeda terrorist group compound. During a live conference, President Obama stated his sincere apologizes to the families of the hostages who were killed in the midst of this counter terrorism operation and that “he takes full responsibility” on the U.S. Government’s behalf. He also stated that Al Qaeda members were killed as well, but did not have any prior knowledge of there being any hostages held captive at the terrorist compound.