I think that was a tremendous strategic mistake in retrospect, because the world has changed and now suddenly we are in competition with Russia again.
Angus King: “I think that was a tremendous strategic mistake in retrospect, because the world has changed and now suddenly we are in…”
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King reflects on the strategic error of closing the Keflavik airbase.
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