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Strategy Seeks to Ensure Bid of Brennan for C.I.A.
Benghazi :: Libya | 3 months ago
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Kris Connor/Getty Images Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon seeks more openness. Rather than agreeing to some Democratic senators' demands for full access to the classified legal memos on the targeted killing program, Obama administration officials are
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US Senator: 'We've Killed 4,700' People With Drones
Say'ūn :: Yemen | 3 months ago
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Senator Lindsey Graham supports drone strikes, so much so that he recently proclaimed "We've killed 4700" (people) at an Easley Rotary Club meeting, according to Easley Patch , a local news website. The senator's 4,700 is actually higher than some
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JDM Vs. The World: On Drone Strikes – Does America Deserve Another 9/11?
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 3 months ago
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On Drone Strikes Does America Deserve Another 9/11? by Jonathan David Morris , February 20, 2013 So you're saying there's no risk to American lives? Someone recently asked me what drone strikes were, and when I told them what they were and how and
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Madeleine Albright calls drone strikes a€˜very effective`
Say'ūn :: Yemen | 3 months ago
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44 Washington: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has defended the US administration's use of lethal drone strikes, calling them very effective' in wiping out terrorists. Albright, however, also welcomed a public debate about their use.
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Civilian casualties lessen first time in 6 years: UN
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
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Civilian casualties in Afghanistans armed conflict decreased for the first time in six years, a UN report said Tuesday...Over the past six years, 14,728 Afghan civilians have lost their lives in the conflict." The report attributed the reduction in
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5 Questions John Brennan Dodged in His CIA Confirmation Hearing
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Questions John Brennan Dodged in His CIA Confirmation Hearing Posted by Breshvic on February 19, 2013 Picture: White House (PD) Between Dianne Feinstein's adulation of the drone program (and her lies that civilian deaths were in the single digits )
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Jonathan Zimmerman: A History Lesson on Assassinations
Date :: Japan | 3 months ago
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I taught a course last month in the United Arab Emirates, which isn't a democracy. But according to an Emirati guy I met there, the United States isn't much of a democracy, either. Anyone you don't like, you just assassinate him with a drone, he told
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Ron Jackson: In defense of drones
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 3 months ago
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Published in The Daily Journal print edition Feb. 9, 2013 America must decide if we want domestic tranquility or not. We must be prepared to defend ourselves against all enemies, foreign or domestic...As more information is made available, we are
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U.S. may shift more drones away from CIA
Upi :: Philippines | 3 months ago
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Obama administration officials say they are considering shifting some of the CIA's covert drone operations to the U.S. military. John Brennan , Obama's nominee to be CIA director, told the Senate Intelligence Committee in written comments he favors
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Sens. Graham, Paul split over harm from sequestration cuts
Aleppo :: Syria | 3 months ago
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Lindsey Graham (S.C) and Rand Paul (Ky.) on Sunday highlighted the split within the Republican party on the effect of the looming $85 billion in sequester spending cuts slated to take effect on March 1. Graham said President Obama was shirking his
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