Republicans: Pentagon, not CIA, should conduct drone strikes

Published April 26, 2015 6:11pm ET



Two Republicans called Sunday for the military to carry out drone strikes instead of the CIA, a few days after the Obama administration admitted strikes accidentally killed two westerners.

Arizona Sen. John McCain said the unintentional deaths were “probably preventable” and raises the question of whether the strikes should continue and if so, which agency or department should carry them out.

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