Obama’s Pledge to ‘Scale Back’ Drone Attacks Not Enough for Pakistanis
The RQ-4A Global Hawk, a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial
reconnaissance system designed to provide military field commanders
with high resolution, near-real-time imagery of large geographic areas
is pictured at a forward deployed location. Picture released July 21,
2002. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon
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Pakistanis have long complained about the US drone program that targets people in the country’s tribal area.
And they’ve demanded that the US stop their activities.
For them, the president’s pledge to “scale back” those strikes isn’t enough.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with reporter Fahad Desmukh in Pakistan.
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