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Rand Paul asks Obama to release the drone memo

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is not giving up. The libertarian senator reiterates that he wants the Obama administration to release the infamous drone memo that authorized the killing of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen in 2011 Read more...