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On the recordApril 22, 2013
Do you see any tension between the Obama administration's position that U.S. citizens who are captured aiding Al-Qaeda must be tried in Article III courts instead of military commissions but that nonetheless they can be summarily killed with drone strikes?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

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Cruz raises concerns about the inconsistency in handling captured U.S. citizens aiding Al-Qaeda.

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