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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.

Aircrew hoping congressional subpoena will move travel voucher along

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Members of the 249th Airlift Squadron are excited about an investigation into their official travel at President Donald Trump's hotel in Scotland. While the outcome could be negative, it will at least require finance to actually close them out in DTS.

The inquiry started when the House Oversight Committee noticed that Air Force aircrews were not bragging about their Marriott points as much as usual. They then discovered that some crews had been staying at a Trump resort and began asking questions.

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