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Thanks...Highway Strips, learned something new.

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Chinese purchase of North Dakota farmland raises national security concerns in Washington
JUL 1 2022

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Chinese food manufacturer Fufeng Group bought 300 acres of land near Grand Forks, North Dakota to set up a milling plant.

The project is located about 20 minutes from the Grand Forks Air Force Base, raising national security concerns.

Both the Democratic Chairman and the Republican ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee told CNBC they are opposed to the project.

Excerpted

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/01/chinese-purchase-of-north-dakota-farmland-raises-national-security-concerns-in-washington.html

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This is a good article to read:

https://www.army.mil/article/198095/dwight_d_eisenhower_and_the_birth_of_the_interstate_highway_system

An Excerpt:

“Congress passed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 creating federal funds for interstate highway construction. As the IHS developed so did its ability to support national defense. For example, throughout the system, mile-long stretches of concrete pavement double as emergency landing strips for military aircraft.”