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“America has historically met the challenges to its national security with decisive actions that defeated or, at a minimum, contained the threat.”

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I think cleaning house at the CIA needed to happen.

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It seems that whenever America faced a challenge, it faced it and overcame it.

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I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]

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