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March 4, 2013

U.S. Won't Always Drone Alone

Paul Saunders, The National Interest

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Have Obama administration officials given any thought to what the world might look like when armed drones are more widespread and when Americans or U.S. allies and partners could become targets? To an outsider, there is little evidence of this kind of thinking in the administration’s use of drones.

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