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Kentucky Senator Rand Paul flip-flops on his 13-hour filibuster

Remember that big drone controversy surrounding President Obama? Last month, the Obama Administration said it was theoretically possible, as well as legal, for the president to order a drone strike on an American citizen under, and I quote, "extraordinary circumstances." The administration then elaborated some on this statement by saying the president didn't possess this authority if the American citizen was "not engaged in combat." Ever since I saw the headlines and read the reports, while I understood some Congresspeople's concerns, as well as non-politicians', I thought things were getting blown out-of-proportion. It seemed quite clear that these hypothetical drone strikes on American citizens would only occur if the person was a member of a terrorist organization and engaged in combat. It's not like the president was saying, "Ever since I embarrassed myself bowling that one time, I really hate the sport. Let's drone strike bowling alle...