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CNN CNN Newsroom May 21, 2014 19:41:00

That s what i was asking jim. the white house hasn t had an answer on that. as always with the u.s. military, there s more and less to it than meets the eye. the military the military had been using manned aircraft to conduct these missions over nigeria. those aircraft basically had to go into the shop for maintenance. the urktsavs, predators they were using were a long distance away. they didn t have time on station, so to speak. they could come this distance, fly overhead for several hours, but by now, having the manned aircraft back in the shop and the predator, the unmanned drone closer in chad, you can keep it up in the air longer so they can do more productive missions. they think they can keep this drone up in the air longer, keep it flying, keep it looking. that s a real military benefit. but why today? it s because other aircraft we are told had to go for maintenance. how about that? it s just the reality of how ....

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CNN CNN Newsroom May 21, 2014 19:40:00

People from the air force conducting ground security, protecting the 40 people operating the drone, protecting the drone while it s on the ground, all of the equipment. it s a package of troops to both conduct the mission and protect the mission in chad. perhaps the most significant thing is now, for the first time, chad has said, okay, you can search over our territory as well. as you fly in and out of chad, as you go into nigeria, to fly overhead to look for the girls, you can also search our territory from overhead and look and if you see anything. i will also tell you we are very aware that the u.s. military had already been doing some of that very quietly while it was conducting those missions over nigeria. now you have chad s permission. why is this happening today? that s the question. ....

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