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Operation Southern Spear latest price tag is up to $820 million

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Operation Southern Spear latest price tag is up to $820 million

The Department of War has spent roughly $820 million during Operation South Spear, the U.S military’s mission to lethally target alleged drug smuggling vessels coming from Central and South America, which began nearly a year ago. U.S.

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