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The United States has been fighting African pirates since the early days of the republic – battles so formative that, among other things, they established a long-standing pattern of dealing with foreign policy problems through armed interventions and also inspired the iconic phrase ‘the shores of Tripoli’ in the Marine Corps hymn.

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What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things – especially when it comes to the U.S. military in Africa.

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May 19, 2024

What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things – especially when it comes to the U.S. military in Africa.

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May 19, 2024

Despite popular belief, Bitcoin is a bad medium of exchange for people that value financial privacy because of the transparent ledger that reveals an address, timestamp, and amount for every transaction on the network.

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