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This month saw another deadly U.S. military strike on a civilian vessel, suspected of drug trafficking, in international waters. As these strikes have escalated, questions have only increased around their lawfulness. At the same time, President Donald Trump last week accused Democratic lawmakers of “treason” for producing a viral video noting that members of the military must remain vigilant in the face of potentially unlawful orders from the commander in chief. On Monday, the Pentagon announced it was investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for the video about unlawful orders.

As a former judge advocate in the Coast Guard and a retired Air Force major general who served as

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