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News Source Record

# News Source Record

**L-Ne / Open-source news extract** — Original media coverage of unmanned aerial systems.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection date | 23 May 2013 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Data label | Open-source news record // LRRK collection product |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. |
| Scale | National |
| Language | English |
| Terms matched | drones; drone |

## Bibliographic

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Outlet | The New York Times |
| Title | Pivoting From a War Footing, Obama Acts to Curtail Drones |
| Dateline | WASHINGTON |
| First publisher | yes |
| Original URL | https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/us/politics/pivoting-from-a-war-footing-obama-acts-to-curtail-drones.html |
| Archive URL | https://web.archive.org/web/20130528010739/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/us/politics/pivoting-from-a-war-footing-obama-acts-to-curtail-drones.html |
| Dedup key | 2013-05-23|new-york-times|obama-ndu-curtail-drones |
| Source grade | A1 |

## Record

**Verified extract — [Fact — A1]** Peter Baker (with Eric Schmitt and Jonathan Weisman) reported President Obama said Thursday at National Defense University that America was “at a crossroads” and would curtail drone use, recommit to closing Guantánamo, and seek limits on his own war power. He would redefine a global war into targeted assault on groups threatening the United States; “this war, like all wars, must end.” New policy guidance remained classified; he did not directly say the order would shift drone responsibility toward the military and away from the CIA. Sen. Saxby Chambliss said terrorists would view the speech as a victory; Sen. John McCain called the claim that al-Qaeda was on the run “a degree of unreality.” Print 24 May 2013, A1.

**Kinematic object.** U.S. drone programme to be curtailed and shifted toward military control under new classified PPG

**Coverage frame.** military / regulatory

## Source integrity

- Why this is treated as an original
- Wire reprint status: NYT original. Live 403; facts from Wayback snapshot of the same URL (“Published: May 23, 2013”).
- What was excluded

- Extract limited to the 28 May 2013 snapshot.
- White House transcript pages were not filed as news records.

## LRRK relevance

Control Fabric / Campaign. Public announcement of the Presidential Policy Guidance on lethal force.

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