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2015-02-27T22:13:01-05:00 2015-02-27T22:13:01-05:00 GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad 502523

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Like usual ... "drama" ... right up to the last minute.

2015-02-27T22:14:27-05:00 2015-02-27T22:14:27-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 502525

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In essence they postponed doing their job.

2015-02-27T22:15:35-05:00 2015-02-27T22:15:35-05:00 SGM Mikel Dawson 502748

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I wonder, what did we ever do before Home land security was invented? FBI , what do they do lately?

2015-02-28T00:58:06-05:00 2015-02-28T00:58:06-05:00 2015-02-27T22:13:01-05:00