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Sen. Marco Rubio: Why is it so hard for Obama to ‘just say no’ to killing American citizens with drones?

March 6, 2013 | 2:54 pm | Modified: March 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm
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As Sen. Rand Paul continued his filibuster speech in protest of the presidential authority to strike American citizens with drones, Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted a message of support.

Why is it so hard for POTUS to just say NO?” asked Rubio on Twitter. “It is not constitutional to kill a citizen who is not an imminent threat with a drone on US soil.”

 

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