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  1. Exclusive w/ my colleague @EricSchmittNYT: The Pentagon has presented the White House/NSC with a 2-year counterterrorism operations plan for Somalia under Trump's relaxed rules for CT drone strikes & commando raids outside of conventional war zones. nytimes.com/2017/12/10/world/africa/pentagon-somalia-combat-islamic-militants.html
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      @EricSchmittNYT Some salient features: DOD is asking for an exemptions from default White House-imposed rules on 1) "near certainty" of no civilian deaths (but not clear if Africom would use that flexibility); review in 12 months (would be 24); interagency review (would be DOD only)
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