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Xolodno

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18. This will backfire on Hegseth.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 05:08 PM

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The reporters could get clarification or more nuanced information if was OK to reveal. Now its going to be the wild, wild, west. They can report just about anything and I imagine it won't look good. They could at least help frame it before or ask to hold if it was a sensitive matter.

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