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To fully understand just how remarkable today’s exchange with Colombia was, you need to understand how Washington DC has traditionally worked through these sorts of issues, and the different way it works now under Trump. I’ll illustrate. Traditional Approach: 1. Colombia announces it will not take our repatriation flights. 2. On Monday, the State Department convenes an interagency task force with DoD, NSC, DEA, INS, ICE, Commerce, Treasury and Homeland Security. 3. The task force meets for four days and develops a position paper. 4. The position paper is rejected by the Secretary of State, who is unhappy that insufficient...