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That's what i was asking jim. the white house hasn't had an answer on that. >> as always with the u.s. military, there's more and less to it than meets the eye. the military -- the military had been using manned aircraft to conduct these missions over nigeria. those aircraft basically had to go into the shop for maintenance. the urktsavs, predators they were using were a long distance away. they didn't have time on station, so to speak. they could come this distance, fly overhead for several hours, but by now, having the manned aircraft back in the shop and the predator, the unmanned drone clo...