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Trump says US in ‘armed conflict’ with drug cartels in memo to Congress

By Molly Parks
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President Donald Trump told Congress that the United States is in a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels.

Trump sent a memorandum, obtained by the Washington Examiner on Thursday, to Congress declaring the cartels to be terrorist organizations and their members unlawful combatants.

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