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Emeritus at the U.S. Naval Academy, author of a biography of Admiral Nimitz,

and most recently, Annapolis Goes to War, many other phenomenal books, Craig Simmons.

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James, Donald Trump, has the top cop of the world,

has at least for now, decided to take control of Washington, D.C.'s law enforcement.

This is neither about tackling crime or worried about D.C.

It's two purposes.

One is a distraction from the Epstein scandal, at least in the media for now.

That seems to be working.

The other is to draw Democrats into a fight over crime,

along with immigration, instead of battling over Medicaid cuts or food prices. In Washington,

the crime rate is down sharply from a few years ago. Trump lied about that. But if that

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