The Obama administration has reportedly accelerated an effort to codify its set of standards for waging drone attacks overseas. The New York Times reports the White House rushed to cobble together a framework for the drone strikes to pass on should President Obama have lost his bid for re-election. The standards are said to now have a lower priority amongst White House officials with Obama having won a second term. According to the New York Times, the United States has killed some 2,500 people in more than 300 drone strikes since President Obama took office.