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U.S. Fires 118 Drone Bombs at Pakistan, Killing Just Two Most-Wanted Terrorists | Raw Story

February 21, 2011

The New America Foundation estimates that civilian casualties dropped to 6 percent in 2010, from 25 percent in 2004. The drone attacks have contributed to souring perceptions of the US in Pakistan, where favorable ratings are notably low.

Pakistani Journalist Calls for Death Penalty for CIA Station Chief | Raw Story

December 13, 2010

According to the New America Foundation, an estimated 1290 to 1985 people have died in drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004. Of those, about three-quarters ...

ACLU Sues to Obtain Basic Data, Legal Justification for Predator Drone Program | Raw Story

March 16, 2010

An estimated 33 percent of the Predator drone's victims are thought to be civilians, according to a recent report by Washington-based thinktank New America Foundation. ...

RAW STORY Quotes Flynt Leverett on Secretary Rice and Iran

February 14, 2007

Former Bush National Security Council official Flynt Leverett, speaking on Wednesday at a forum held by the New America Foundation, told a crowd in a Senate office building that in 2003 then-Secretary of State Colin Powell received a “grand bargain” offer from Iran and was rebuffed by the White House, RAW STORY can reveal.

Michael Dannenberg on Sallie Mae Stock Sale in RAW STORY

February 14, 2007

Following a sale of 400,000 shares of stock by the chairman of the board of a major student loan corporation just before its stock prices dipped, two Congressional committees have initiated an investigation into communications between the White House, Education Department, and the Sallie Mae Corporation...

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