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Trump Ramped Up Drone Strikes in America’s Shadow Wars
DEATH FROM ABOVE
In his first two years in office, Donald Trump launched 238 drone strikes in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia—way beyond what the ‘Drone President’ Barack Obama did.
Spencer Ackerman
Contributing Editor
Published
Nov. 25 2018
9:30PM EST
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