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37. THey have a former military official who has a show on the network who just retruned from

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Thu Mar 26, 2026, 03:40 PM

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Ukraine (and a short time in the ME) who touched on it but it was less than a fleshed out story--more of a "let's keep an eye on this." I will say I suspect there may have been some issues with high ranking leadership electing not to stay on base, but somehow I doubt 13 bases were vacated. NYT has the story, but I have not yet been able to read it yet as I can't archive it on a cell phone.

And you? What do you know/think?

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