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Trump Irked CIA Tried to Avoid Civilian Deaths in Drone Strike

by Josh Marshall
04.06.18 | 11:47 am

On a visit to the CIA President Trump got irked that agents paused to wait for a targeted terrorist to leave his house before launching the attack so that his family wouldn’t be killed.

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