President Donald Trump discusses current military operations with Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command Commander, and Gen. Raymond A. "Tony" Thomas, U.S. Special Operations Command Commander at MacDill, AFB, FL, Feb. 6, 2017. (DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen/Released)
Daniel Rosenthal and Loren DeJonge Schulman, Defense One/The Atlantic: Trump’s Secret War on Terror
Drone strikes continue and spread—away from public scrutiny or Congressional oversight.
President Donald Trump has dramatically expanded the war on terror. But you—and perhaps he—would never know it.
Since he came into office, Trump has reportedly abandoned Obama-era rules governing the use of drones in non-combat theaters such as Somalia and Libya. Whereas Obama operationally expanded but bureaucratically constrained drones’ use, from what we can tell, Trump’s new rules instead vest strike decisions with military commanders, without requiring approval from the White House.
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WNU Editor: And it is a war that is going to go on for long time .... Fight against terror entering a new phase, still just as vital (Ilan Berman and Chloe Thompson, USA TOday).
