That’s the USS George H.W. Bush, his grandson is proud to note, that launched the first of many drones the Navy hopes to deploy aboard aircraft carriers. The GHWB making waves today…X-47B makes historic carrier launch cnet.co/128V9f3 via @cnet #gonavy...
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The X-47B drone is launched from the USS George H.W. Bush, on May 14, 2013.
George Bush Launches Drone
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Sen. Rand Paul addresses the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 14, 2013 in National Harbor, Maryland.
Paul, Citing Lincoln, Ignores Abe’s Own Power Grab
It’s the rare politician who can make effective use of irony, given that as a rhetorical device it often sails right over the heads of many listeners. So we doubt that Sen. Rand Paul was going for ironic effect when, at...
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The new website of Hillary Clinton in Washington.
Gridiron’s ‘Hillary’: ‘Will You Select Me, Will You Elect Me, When I’m 69?’
The president tends to hog the headlines when he shows up at the Gridiron Club’s spring dinner — as President Barack Obama has done only twice since moving to the White House. This year, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal managed to...
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A drone protest outside the White House in this file photo.
Holder to Paul: ‘The Answer… is No’
Sen. Rand Paul, the Republican from Kentucky who held the Senate floor past midnight with a filibuster against the confirmation of John Brennan for CIA director, may have gone on for 13 hours with questions about the limits of American...
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Sen. Rand Paul is seen on the television in the Senate Press Gallery as he filibusters to the nomination of John Brennan to lead the CIA.
Rand Paul’s CIA-Brennan Filibuster
Updated at 2:55 pm EDT Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has taken the Senate floor to slow down the confirmation of John Brennan as CIA director. “I rise today to begin to fillibuster John Brennan’s nomination for the C.I.A.,” the...
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Michael Martinez, airframe and power plant mechanic with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., inspects an MQ-9 Reaper during a pre-flight check at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada.
Holder: U.S. Drone Strikes Possible
The targeted killing program that has become a staple of U.S. action abroad has never crossed inside U.S. borders, according to Attorney General Eric Holder. Could there conceivably be a time where drones are ordered to attack U.S. citizens inside...
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U.S. military drones in Kandahar.
Washington Daybook: Question Time
It’s question time in Washington. Expect questions on drones and U.S. policy to take center stage at John Brennan’s Senate confirmation hearing as CIA director. Lawmakers will be shown classified legal documents today that justify drone strikes on Americans suspected...
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A Boeing Co. ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flies over the ocean.
FAA Going Slow on Drones as Privacy Concerns Studied
The Federal Aviation Administration told Congress it’s further delaying the naming of six test sites for unmanned aircraft, as called for in a law passed Feb. 14, as it weighs the privacy implications of the new technology. FAA acting chief Michael Huerta’s letter...
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