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Obama Promised To Divulge More On Drones But Here’s What We Still Don’t Know

The exact number of casualties and precise rationale of the U.S. drone strikes remain uncertain, but the information we do know came through leaks and independent reporting.

November 06th, 2013

By Cora Currier

Obama Promised To Divulge More On Drones But Here’s What We Still Don’t Know

  Nearly six months ago, President Obama promised more transparency and tighter policies around targeted killings. In a speech, Obama vowed that the U.S. would only use force against a “continuing and imminent threat to the

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Drone Makers Gather To Defend Their Much-Maligned Machines

Far beyond their military uses, drones could pollinate crops, help firefighters or assist families.

October 19th, 2013

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Drone Makers Gather To Defend Their Much-Maligned Machines

“I have some d-word difficulty,” said Michael Toscano, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a trade group for makers and enthusiasts of robots of air, land and sea. The d-word, of course, is drones.

“Just when I say that word,

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In Big Win For Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits On Arms Exports

Thousands of parts of military aircraft will be able to be sent to almost any country in the world, now with minimal oversight.

October 17th, 2013

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In Big Win For Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits On Arms Exports

The United States is loosening controls over military exports, in a shift that former U.S. officials and human rights advocates say could increase the flow of American-made military parts to the world’s conflicts and make it harder to enforce arms sanctions. Come tomorrow, thousands of parts of military aircraft, such as propeller blades, brake

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Does The US Pay Families When Drones Kill Innocent Yemenis?

The military is refusing to release details about what happens when civilians are harmed in drone strikes.

August 13th, 2013

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Does The US Pay Families When Drones Kill Innocent Yemenis?

There have been nine drone strikes reported in Yemen in the past two weeks – an uptick apparently connected to the Al Qaeda threat that 

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President Obama says the U.S. is at war with “Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their associated forces.” So who are those “associated forces”?

July 26th, 2013

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In a major national security speech this spring, President Obama said again and again that the U.S. is at war with “Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and their associated forces.” So who exactly are those associated forces? It’s a

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Despite New Pledges Of Transparency, US Silent On Latest Civilian Death In Drone Strike

On June 9, a U.S. drone fired on a vehicle in a remote province of Yemen and killed several militants and a 10-year-old boy.

July 02nd, 2013

By Cora Currier

On June 9, a U.S. drone fired on a vehicle in a remote province of Yemen and killed several militants, according to media reports. It soon emerged that 

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Were Taliban POWs Massacred In 2001? No Word Years After US Pledged To Investigate

President Obama pledged to “collect the facts” on the death of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of U.S.-allied Afghan forces.

June 10th, 2013

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Were Taliban POWs Massacred In 2001? No Word Years After US Pledged To Investigate

In his first year in office, President Barack Obama pledged to “collect the facts” on the death of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war at the hands of U.S.-allied Afghan forces in late 2001. Almost four years later, there’s no sign of progress. When asked by ProPublica about the state of the investigation, the White

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