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February 8, 2013

Obama and the American Drone Awakening

Michael Hastings, BuzzFeed

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A strange thing happened in America this week: The country started to show signs of outrage over the Obama administration's targeted killing program.

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TAGGED: Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, John Brennan, Drones, Barack Obama

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