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  • He said the "squirters" might have included the mission's original "Objective Lefty Grove"— a Taliban leader named Qari Tahir.

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  • He said his "comfort level is low because they don't fly like ARSOA. They don't plan like ARSOA. They don't land like ARSOA. They will either, you know, kind of, do a runway landing. Or if it's a different crew that trains different areas, they will do the pinnacle landing."

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