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99 matching recordsTrump revoked the annual public-report rule for strikes outside active hostilities2019-03-06Donald J. Trumprevoked annual public reporting on certain strike casualties2019 revocation of the drone-casualty reporting requirement1 sourceTrump sent about 5,800 active-duty troops toward the southwest border2018-10-31Donald J. Trumpsent about 5,800 active-duty troops toward the border2018 active-duty southwest-border deployment1 sourceTrump ordered coordinated United States, British, and French strikes in Syria2018-04-13Donald J. Trumpordered coordinated strikes on targets in SyriaApril 2018 United States-led strikes in Syria1 sourceTrump directed National Guard support to the southwest border2018-04-04Donald J. Trumpdirected National Guard support to the southern border2018 National Guard southwest-border deployment1 sourceAFRICOM revises El Burr strike assessment to three civilian deaths2018-04-01Donald J. Trumpapproved expanded precision-fire authority2017 Somalia area-of-active-hostilities designation1 sourceTrump's Afghanistan strategy added approximately 3,500 United States troops2017-11-06Donald J. Trumpapproved approximately 3,500 additional troops2017 Afghanistan troop increase1 sourceTrump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea from the United Nations podium2017-09-19Donald J. Trumpconditionally threatened North Korea with total destructionDemocratic People's Republic of Korea1 sourceTrump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury”2017-08-08Donald J. Trumpthreatened North Korea with fire and furyDemocratic People's Republic of Korea1 sourceMilitary inquiry attributes Mosul civilian deaths to secondary explosives triggered by a coalition strike2017-05-252 sourcesThe United States used the GBU-43 “Mother of All Bombs” under Trump2017-04-13Donald J. Trumpwas commander in chief during the GBU-43 strike2017 GBU-43 strike in Afghanistan1 sourceTrump ordered 59 cruise missiles fired at Syria's Shayrat airfield2017-04-06Donald J. Trumpdirected a 59-missile strike on a Syrian airfield2017 Shayrat missile strike1 sourceTrump expanded strike latitude by designating part of Somalia an area of active hostilities2017-03-30Donald J. Trumpapproved area-of-active-hostilities designation2017 Somalia area-of-active-hostilities designation1 sourceUN inquiry identifies al-Jinah mosque as a protected object struck by US forces2017-03-162 sourcesAmnesty documents extrajudicial killings and disproportionate harm to poor people under Duterte2017-01-31Rodrigo Duterteadministration's anti-drug campaign examined by AmnestyAmnesty review of Philippine drug-war killings1 sourceA Trump-approved Yemen raid killed at least 14 civilians, Human Rights Watch reported2017-01-29Donald J. Trumpapproved raid linked to at least 14 reported civilian deaths2017 Yakla raid1 sourceJury convicted four Blackwater contractors for the Nisur Square shooting2014-10-22Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor with Nisur Square convictionDustin Laurent Heard3 sourcesJury convicted four Blackwater contractors for the Nisur Square shooting2014-10-22Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor with Nisur Square convictionEvan Shawn Liberty3 sourcesJury convicted four Blackwater contractors for the Nisur Square shooting2014-10-22Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor with Nisur Square convictionNicholas Abram Slatten3 sourcesJury convicted four Blackwater contractors for the Nisur Square shooting2014-10-22Donald J. TrumpTrump-pardoned Blackwater contractor with Nisur Square convictionPaul Alvin Slough3 sources