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Scott Bessent: “The US B2S had to do a 37-hour round trip rather than a…”

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Did Keir Starmer do the same? Again that we delayed being able to fully implement the military plan. And I think that the main concern was the use of base Diego Garcia and The US B2S had to do a 37-hour round trip rather than a three, three and a half hour round trip. So, you know, and you know, constantly refueling over. So, you know, I think any delay, you know, causes an increase in risk. (40:07–40:24)

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Asserts that US B2S aircraft had to undertake a significantly longer round trip due to operational delays.

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