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May 3, 2021

Biden Administration Releases Documents on Trump's 2017 Drone Order
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The Biden administration has revealed portions of President Trump's 2017
secret order rolling back limits on drone strikes and commando raids
outside of U.S. combat zones. The partially redacted document reveals
Trump rolled back a requirement that U.S. attacks would have a "near
certainty" of avoiding civilian deaths and injuries - to a lower
standard of "reasonable certainty." In a statement, the ACLU responded,
"Secretive and unaccountable use of lethal force is unacceptable in a
rights-respecting democracy, and this program is a cornerstone of the
'forever wars' President Biden has pledged to end. He needs to do so."


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