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Rubio signals shift to working with allies to fight drug trade as latest boat strike kills three

The public acknowledgment of a shift in US strategy comes a year after Washington began a campaign of unilateral deadly strikes against those it calls "narco-terrorists" operating boats in international waters.

Rubio signals shift to working with allies to fight drug trade as latest boat strike kills three

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The public acknowledgment of a shift in US strategy comes a year after Washington began a campaign of unilateral deadly strikes against those it calls "narco-terrorists" operating boats in international waters.

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The public acknowledgment of a shift in US strategy comes a year after Washington began a campaign of unilateral deadly strikes against those it calls "narco-terrorists" operating boats in international waters.

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