The Justice Department told Congress that President Trump can lawfully continue drone strikes on suspected drug smuggling boats beyond the War Powers Resolution 60-day limit, arguing the campaign is not "hostilities" because U.S. forces are not at risk. In briefings, OLC chief T. Elliot Gaiser outlined the stance as the 60th day after Trump's Sept. 4 notice arrives Monday. An unnamed official said mostly unmanned strikes from naval vessels have killed about 62 people in 14 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. The rationale echoes disputed Obama era Libya arguments even as Trump deems the mission a formal armed conflict.

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