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May 23, 2013

Obama to Unveil New Guidelines for Drone Strikes 
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Attorney General Eric Holder's letter was revealed on the eve of today's
major counterterrorism address from President Obama. The president is
expected to announce a policy limiting targeted killing outside of war
zones, in places such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. He is also
expected to endorse using the same standards for attacking foreign
suspects now used for American citizens. The move could end the
so-called signature strikes that treat foreign males in a target zone as
militants unless they are proven innocent after death. We'll have more
on Obama's targeted killing program after headlines with "Dirty Wars"
author Jeremy Scahill.

 

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