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U.S. to Pay €1 Million to Family of Italian Aid Worker Killed in Drone Strike

HeadlineSep 16, 2016

The U.S. Embassy in Rome has confirmed the Obama administration has agreed to pay the family of an Italian aid worker killed in a CIA drone strike in Pakistan last year 1 million euros, which is over $1 million. President Obama has acknowledged and apologized for the operation, which killed Giovanni Lo Porto and a U.S. government contractor named Warren Weinstein. Despite hundreds of hours of surveillance, Obama said the United States had not known that the hostages were present.

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