Talking Points: Drones, social media — and Petraeus for president?

Published December 4, 2012 5:00am ET



Did Iran capture a U.S. drone?

Iran on Tuesday displayed on state television what it described as a captured American drone that it claimed had entered Iranian airspace. The U.S., however, disputes the claim, saying it isn’t missing any drones. A year ago, Iran claimed to have shot down a U.S. high-altitude reconnaissance drone, and that turned out to be true. The U.S. said that drone had accidentally crossed into Iranian airspace from Afghanistan.

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