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Speaker 1: It's a great pleasure to welcome back to the show.

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Speaker 1: Mike Lions, military analyst who served with various military organizations,

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Speaker 1: uh in the US and Europe throughout his career. You've

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Speaker 1: how are you sir? Hey, guys, great to be back

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Speaker 1: next administration just will see it's an ugly world. Major

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Speaker 1: Mike lyons a great follow on Twitter. By the way,

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Speaker 1: Mike is always great fun to talk to you. Thanks

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Speaker 1: a million for making the time. Oakkay, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: up with their own self interesting, like Mike Line said, no,

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Speaker 1: no, no no, not one, not one. American life is worth this.

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