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A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Site Security Team Task Force Guardian, 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provides security for a C-130J Super Hercules from the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) at an unidentified location in Somalia Wednesday, June 10, 2020. No country has been involved in Somalia's future as much as the United States but now the Trump administration is thinking of withdrawing the several hundred U.S. military troops from the nation at what some experts call the worst possible time.

00:20 GMT 05 December 2020 / updated: 00:42 GMT Africa

Trump Orders US Department of Defense to Withdraw Nearly All Troops From Somalia

Screenshot from the video allegedly showing election staffers in Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia, staying behind and pulling out boxes of extra ballots

Georgia Governor Calls for Audit of Election Results, as State Sec Debunks 'Fraud Evidence' Video

President-elect Joe Biden listens to a question as he speaks about jobs at The Queen theater, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.

DoD Reportedly Prevented Biden Intelligence Transition Team From Meeting Fellow Military Officials

President Bush, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Wednesday, June 4, 2008, in the Oval Office of the White House

Israeli Media Claims Ex-PM Olmert Has Tape of Fakhrizadeh Talking About Building ‘Five Warheads’

European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, right, speaks with the British Prime Minister's Europe adviser David Frost during the start of the first round of post -Brexit trade talks between the EU and the UK, at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, March 2, 2020. Long-awaited trade talks between the EU and Britain kick off Monday amid deep tensions over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's threat to walk away from the talks if not enough progress is made within four months.

UK PM to Speak to EU Chief on Saturday as Post-Brexit Trade Talks Put on Hold

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