The Biden government has ordered temporary limits for drone attacks outside war zones, reversing a Trump-era policy, while President Biden reviews “the legal and political structures that govern these issues,” the National Security Council told Fox News.
National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne, in a statement to Fox News, said that at the beginning of the Biden administration, the president “established a new provisional orientation on the use of military force by the United States and related national security operations. “.
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“The purpose of the interim guidance is to ensure that the president has full visibility on the significant actions proposed in these areas, while the National Security Council team conducts a thorough review between the existing authorization agencies and delegations of the presidential authority regarding these issues “said Horne said.
Horne told Fox News that Biden’s review “is now underway and will include an examination of the legal and political structures that govern these issues”.
“This review includes an examination of previous approaches in the context of the evolution of counterterrorism threats, in order to refine our approach going forward. In addition, the review will seek to ensure appropriate transparency measures, ”said Horne.
Horne noted that “it would be premature to anticipate specific recommendations that will result from this interagency process led by the NSC.”
“We are committed to consulting Congress on a bipartisan basis on these issues,” she said.
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The New York Times reported for the first time that the government imposed temporary limits on drone attacks targeting terrorists outside war zones in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.
The Washington Post reported that the restriction was imposed on January 20, the day of Biden’s inauguration, by National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.
According to the guidelines, the Post reported that the military and the CIA must first see White House approval before attempting missions against suspects in locations where the U.S. military has a limited number of troops.
During the Trump administration, the military did not need this approval, but they did need the approval of the U.S. ambassador with oversight of the country in question.