The U.S. Justice Department has formally acknowledged that the United States has killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since 2009.

The official disclosure came Wednesday in a letter from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to congressional leaders, on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama.

In the letter, addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, Holder said the deaths occurred in U.S. counterterrorism … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: War and Conflict