The Senate voted to confirm John Brennan as CIA Director, 63-34.
Meanwhile, Eric Holder wrote to Sen. Rand Paul, telling him that the President has no authority to use a drone to kill an American “not engaged in combat” on American soil.
The rationale for killing someone like American Anwar al-Awlaki by drone in Yemen was that he was an enemy combatant. You can kill an enemy combatant anywhere, on U. S. soil or abroad.
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