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March 12, 2013

A New Weapon's Risks, Real and Imagined

Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune

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In the end, the Kentucky senator's alarmism may not have been realistic or justified. But you can't say it wasn't useful.

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TAGGED: Barack Obama, Anwar al-Awlaki, Rand Paul, United States, Drones

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