Podcast Episode 7-27-23. Has Ukraine broken through? What's the latest on our re-alignment toward China? And is there a chance Putin uses a nuke as a final, desperate move?

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If you just happened to stumble by, let me say a quick word about what we’re doing here.

For those who don’t know, my name is Stan R. Mitchell, and I’m a prior Marine and journalist.

Every week, I primarily do three things with my podcast:

• Cover emerging hotspots and foreign policy news that you absolutely should know. (Why I focus on foreign policy...)

• Work to unite our country and remind us of how lucky we are to live in America. (My thoughts on the division in this country...)

• And finally, I always share plenty of motivation and wisdom at the end of each episode.

Take a listen to the podcast. I really hope you get something out of it.

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Source notes to podcast:

Links to other news stories:

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with Russian defense minister on military cooperation

NATO will step up security in Black Sea region after Russia declares parts are unsafe for shipping

Iran gives ‘detailed answers’ to UN inspectors over 2 sites where manmade uranium particles found

Russian fighter jet strikes another American drone over Syria in the sixth incident this month

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DOD photos from this week’s show.

Course Complete: A U.S. Air Force Academy cadet completes an assault course at the academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 18, 2023. Photo By: Rayna Grace, Air Force

Contingency Response: Air Force Senior Airman Kaitlyn Rollins prepares to load cargo aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Wunstorf Air Base, Wunstorf, Germany, June 27, 2023, during exercise Air Defender 2023. The exercise integrates both U.S. and allied air-power to defend shared values, while leveraging and strengthening vital partnerships to deter aggression around the world. Photo By: Air Force Staff Sgt. Jared Bounds

Green Scene: Marines participate in vessel boarding training aboard the USS Lewis B. Puller in the Gulf of Oman, July 17, 2023. Photo By: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Elliot Schaudt

Mediterranean Ops. The guided missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius sails behind the Italian navy ship ITS Viareggio during an anti-mine exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, July 11, 2023. Ignatius is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. Photo By: Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Zac Shea

Maritime Ops: Sailors and civil service mariners prepare to launch a Wave Glider unmanned surface vessel from the USNS Burlington in the Caribbean Sea, June 30, 2023, during UNITAS, the world’s longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise. Photo By: Navy Chief Petty Officer Stacy Atkinsricks

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That’s it for this edition.

As a reminder, please be kind and try your best to love your fellow Americans.

So many men and women have sacrificed, fought, and died to keep this country together the past 240-plus years. Please work daily to unite our country again. The vast majority of Americans are decent, loving, great people.

Also, please try to be a better person each and every day. Try to be kinder on social media and how you interact with others with whom you disagree.

Please join me again in our next episode, and please stay safe until then.

And with that, I’m out.

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Love and peace,

Stan R. Mitchell

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