Just spoke to a Frist aide

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Do you mean "this is bad news; I would prefer they attach it to the DoD bill and pass it now." ?

What exactly were you expecting in terms of good news?

It seems to me that living to fight another day is the best one can hope for, given our constraints. That can't be bad news.

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