American president angles for top diplomatic award while world watches his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

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    21 hours ago

    Obama met with lots of Middle Eastern leaders and signed many new agreements such as the JCPOA.

    Drones were a pretty new capability and have only increased over time, in fact in the previous Trump term they removed the need for executive approval before drone strikes.

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      6 hours ago

      Trump also changed the rules of engagement to eliminate consideration of how to minimize noncombatant casualties when ordering a drone strike.

      But still the Obama/drone meme remains a persistent bit of brainless propaganda.