Biden's restrictions on drone strikes are about much more than drones
The Editors
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Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
On his first day in office, President Joe Biden quietly implemented new restrictions on US drone strikes.
The temporary measures make such strikes subject to review by the National Security Council, and they have potentially far-reaching implications.
The Pentagon confirmed this week that President Joe Biden has imposed new, temporary restrictions on counterterrorism drone strikes outside of active battlefields, making them subject to review by the National Security Council.
According to The New York Times, which first broke the news, the rules were quietly put in place on Biden's first day in office, as a stopgap measure while his national security team conducts a broader review of US counterterrorism operations.