Oh, the warning orders went out yesterday. Sources on the ground confirmed that for me last night.
But the .mil is s o s l o w to get moving any more. I'm glad I don't have to deal with it personally any more. For example, the 82nd Airborne is supposedly the nation's contingency force, with a brigade supposedly ready to deploy in hours. But there are no C-130s at Pope any more, so they have to SEND OUT for aircraft.
Suppose you called an ambulance and they had to get one sent over from the next state....
OCTOBER 23, 2018 MELISSA LEON
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday that he could meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Nov. 11 in Paris, when both leaders are in town for a World War I commemoration.
JUST IN: Putin suggests meeting with Trump in Paris on November 11https://t.co/Ptk3cRkHSD pic.twitter.com/LOeIYXXpgd
RT (@RT_com) October 23, 2018
It would be helpful to continue a direct dialog with the U.S. President on the sidelines of international events that are scheduled to take place in the near future, in Paris, for example, Putin said Tuesday at the Kremlin, RT reported.
The suggestion comes as U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton is in Moscow to meet with the Russian defense minister and also Putin, who made the comment while speaking with Bolton, RT reported.
Bolton reportedly then told Putin that Trump would be glad to have a meeting in Paris.
The White House nor Trump have confirmed that the President would meet with Putin.
#BREAKING: Trump wants to meet Putin in Paris on November 11: Bolton pic.twitter.com/nMkcutSVld
AFP news agency (@AFP) October 23, 2018
Trump and Putin are both traveling to Paris in November for a World War I commemoration, the 100th anniversary of the end of the war.
The two leaders last met in July at a summit in Helsinki, Finland.
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This isn’t a contingency force op, the ‘caravan’ ain’t going anywhere, there is time. Getting aircraft if they are @ Pope or not has the same process. Having them @ Pope wouldn’t change the reaction time much if at all.