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Why does the US still maintain so many military facilities in Western Europe?
@Machavity rightly notes that logistics are one reason.
As another example of that, wounded U.S. soldiers in the Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans were frequently transported to U.S. military bases ...
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Why does the US still maintain so many military facilities in Western Europe?
There's an important word you're missing: logistics.
The US has to project its power. To do that, you need to be able to move not just troops, but equipment and supplies. But you don't just move those ...
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Why was the Biden administration reluctant to offer lowering tariffs on goods from member countries when drafting IPEF?
It looks like this administration isn't too interested in that essentially saying they're low enough as far as they're concerned.
Ambassador Tai defended IPEF in the U.S. Senate recently amid ...
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Big mergers in the oil sector what is the opinion of the political world and anti-trust authorities?
Not that Big a Change
A quick read of the wiki page suggests that Pioneer is the 15th largest US oil company, and Hess is further down the list. So there remain at least 14 "significant" US ...
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