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January 31, 2020

Trump Admin Poised to Loosen Restrictions on Use of Landmines
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The Trump administration is slated to announce today that it is
loosening restrictions on the use of landmines, in order to roll back an
Obama-era policy that restricted the use of landmines to the Korean
Peninsula. The new policy is expected to allow the U.S. to use landmines
anywhere in the world. This could make the United States one of only a
few countries, including Burma, Syria and North Korea, that would
continue to use landmines despite an international treaty banning their
use.


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