When I was deployed overseas we used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to help observe potential enemy positions and to support military operations. UAVs or drones as the news media identifies them are very useful tools in combat. This administration and the previous administration have also used UAVs to target enemies of the United States (primarily terrorists) in areas where it is difficult, impossible, or undesirable to place military forces on the ground. Here's an article from a British paper about the current administration's legal opinion (theoretical) about using drones in the United States against US citizens. As a social studies teacher I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this one.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9913615/Barack-Obama-has-authority-to-use-drone-strikes-to-kill-Americans-on-US-soil.html
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