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DoD Response to FOIA Request Seeking the Presidential Policy Memorandum and Memoranda Concerning the use of Lethal Force Abroad in "Collective Self-Defense": 2019/2020 NDAA Arms Committee Reports
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January 5, 2024
2019/2020 NDAA Arms Committee Reports
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