Actually, the fact that the Administration released its white paper days after a bipartisan group of eleven Senators led by Wyden and Durbin demanded the Administration release the legal justification for the drone strikes proves that Senators can, in fact, do something about the drone strike policy.
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > The Senate doubtless _should_ do many things, but _should_ propositions are > rather empty. The Senate, after all, _really_ stands for the goals of the > Drone program. The question should be not what the Senate 'should' do but > how popular pressure can be generated to _force_ the Senate to vote against > its own principles, which are the principles of the Empire of capital. > > Carrol > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:pen-l- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Naiman > > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 11:56 AM > > To: Progressive Economics > > Subject: [Pen-l] at SignOn: Senate: Make Brennan Come Clean on Drone > > Strikes > > > > The Senate should demand answers to basic questions about drone strikes > > before confirming John Brennan as head of the CIA. What is the legal > > justification for drone strikes? How many civilians have been killed? > > > > > > > > Senate: Make Brennan Come Clean on Drone Strikes > > http://signon.org/sign/senate-make-brennan- > > come?source=c.url&r_by=1135580 > > > > > > -- > > Robert Naiman > > Policy Director > > Just Foreign Policy > > www.justforeignpolicy.org > > [email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected]
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