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You know, people often ask me, Mike, how do you start your day? Okay, well, to be fair,

no one's ever asked me that. But if they did, I'd say I start

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purchase. It's Thursday, 12 December.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker.

Your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed.

First, ahead of President-elect Trump's return to the White House,

the Biden administration has issued a final national security memorandum,

warning of the stark dangers posed by China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, who they dubbed

as the new, quote, axis of upheaval. Then, an update on the murder of United Health Care CEO

Brian Thompson, as we learned that the accused shooter,

Luigi Mangoni, intends to plead not guilty despite a mounting pile of evidence tying him to

the killing. But first, our afternoon spotlight. President Bight is using his final days in office

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