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    U.S set to expand drone strikes under Trump

    The Trump administration is close to finishing a review that would make it easier for the Pentagon to launch counterterrorism strikes anywhere in the world by lowering the threshold on acceptable civilian casualties and scaling back other constraints imposed by the Obama administration, senior U.S. officials said.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/w…

    President Donald Trump has given the Central Intelligence Agency secret new authority to conduct drone strikes against suspected terrorists, U.S. officials said, changing the Obama administration’s policy of limiting the spy agency’s paramilitary role.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/tru…

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    • But Obama ...monospaced
    • lol@monospacedBluejam
    • Trump did say 'you've gotta kill their families'... looks like that's gonna happen now.BuddhaHat
    • He's behind schedule on destroying ISIS in 30 daysfadein11
    • ^ ISIS have been obliterated. His plan was so awesome no-one noticed. Even ISIS.face_melter
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