updated Fri. August 2, 2024
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Business Insider
March 25, 2018
Iran would charge US Navy ships with fast attack craft, buzz fighter jets with drones, and even shine lasers at helicopters operating at sea during Obama's presidency. But the worst, most embarrassing incident occurred in January 2016, when Iran's navy seized two US Navy rivernine boats and the 10 sailors on board afterÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 25, 2018
I mean, David Cameron did it, the former UK Prime Minister killed British nationals in Syria, following, of course, the example of Barack Obama, but now it's going to be open season for just about any political leader to do this because these drones are relatively inexpensive, and even if the drone exports areÃâà...
Eurasia Review
March 24, 2018
But Obama went on to authorize vastly more drone strikes than Bush. It became an industry. As for this idea that there is a Deep State, now the Deep State is not just the intelligence agencies, it is really a way of referring to the career bureaucracy of government. These are officials who sit in powerfulÃâà...
Asbury Park Press
March 24, 2018
He has increased drone strikes and expanded the Pentagon's discretion in matters of military bombing, and drone use, killing civilians and even rescue workers in targeting terrorists, on suspicion only. There isn't one campaign pledge made in foreign affairs that Trump hasn't violated. He cleverly weavedÃâà...
Asia Pacific Report
March 24, 2018
Their donations were given on the basis of assurances Obama would calm things down, bail out capitalism and continue the exploitation of low and middle-income families for the benefit of the rich. Obama bailed out the banks, increased weapons production and delivered 10 times more drone strikes thanÃâà...
Vox
March 22, 2018
Those were all questions David Litt, a speechwriter for President Obama and one of the folks most instrumental to Obama's comedy monologues at the ... Not even just Obama, but with any president, what's a joke you can or can't tell with someone that powerful? ... Who can order a drone strike on who?
Aljazeera.com
March 8, 2018
In Somalia, where American drones are active, the US killed more than 200 people in 2017, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. The US' latest drone attack took place in ... Yemen has been the epicentre for US drone raids since the Obama administration. Trump has continued that policy,Ãâà...
The Hill
December 31, 1999
Rules on drone exports were loosened during the Obama administration, resulting in an increase in sales as well as complaints that the policy was still too restrictive. The Teal Group, a market research firm, estimates that global U.S. drone sales could jump from $2.3 billion in 2016 to $9.4 billion by 2025.
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