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NYT: Wider Pakistan drone use OK’d

An MQ-9 Reaper flies on a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada, in 2007. The Reaper is the Air Force's first "hunter-killer" unmanned aerial vehicle and is designed to engage time-sensitive targets on the battlefield as well as provide intelligence and surveillance.The White House has authorized an expansion of the C.I.A.’s drone program in Pakistan’s tribal areas, paralleling President Obama’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.

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Pakistan – White House – Afghanistan – Central Intelligence Agency – Asia

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