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On the recordMarch 5, 2013
I think it is unequivocal that if the U.S. Government were to use a drone to take the life of a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil and that individual did not pose an imminent threat, that that would be a deprivation of life without due process.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz argues against the use of drones on U.S. citizens without imminent threat.

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