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It's Thursday, Welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right. Let's get briefed. Today, we begin with the closure of the U.S. Embassy in Kiev,

prompted by intelligence-fueled concerns of a potential significant Russian air strike.

Now, this comes as Kees forces begin launching UK-made

storm shadow missiles deep into Russian territory. Later in the show, an update on the alleged

sabotage of underwater cables in the Baltic Sea, with Denmark now monitoring a Chinese ship

suspected of involvement. Plus, a big setback for

U.S.-China relations as Beijing's defense minister refuses to meet with Secretary of Defense Lloyd

Austin. Hmm. I mean, whose idea was it to close out 2024 with escalating conflict and chaos? It's because it's not a good

look. And in today's back of the brief, Donald Trump makes another major staffing decision,

announcing that former acting attorney general Matt Whitaker will serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO.

That's a bit of a switch.

But first, today's PDB spotlight.

In a sign of just how fast, tensions between the West and Russia have escalated in recent days,

the U.S. temporarily closed the American Embassy in Kiev on Wednesday,

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