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White House Confirms: Second Strike on Suspected Drug Boat

The White House has acknowledged a second US strike on a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, defending the action as lawful while lawmakers and former officials demand records and probe whether the follow up attack violated the laws of war

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"I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies" — Kristi Noem

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