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This week in American power projection: the map was wrong, the dorms were fine, and the travel card was for official purposes.

Story Roundup

Pentagon casualties, metric improvement, and Fat Leonard’s least dignified phase.

Situation Report

A State Department map that relocated most of Africa, one ambitious government travel card, and 5,200 medical students moved from dorms that definitely do not have mold.

Navy to build USS Thanks Obama for deployment to every disaster

WASHINGTON — The Navy announced today it would build and commission the USS Thanks Obama, a new frigate that will be used solely for rapid deployment to disasters around the world.

"We want to honor our president and thank him for all his hard work," said Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. "While at the same time, fielding a ship that is more than capable of deploying to hotspots he has sternly tweeted about."

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