Osmat khan is an assistant professor of journalism at columbia journalism school and a contributing writer for the new york times magazine. She says it's unclear to me what is different, because they have been claiming for years to be doing many of these things. We don't have a true grasp of how sustainable a change like this is, she adds.
President Biden gave strict orders to avoid collateral damage during a raid on an ISIS leader. Civilians still died, but it might be a sign of a shift at the Pentagon.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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