Ex-Pentagon chief Gates OK with drone oversight

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Ex-Pentagon chief Gates OK with drone oversight

Ex-Pentagon chief Gates OK with drone oversight

02-10-2013 06:34 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he finds merit in "some check" on a president's ability to order drone strikes against American al-Qaida suspects overseas, lending support to creating a special court that would review such requests.

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