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It's Friday, the 17th of October.

Well, look at that.

We've made it to the end of another week.

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 up, former national security advisor, John Bolton, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday on 18 counts

over his alleged mishandling of classified materials. I'll have the details. Later in the show,

in a surprise move, the Pentagon announced that the four-star admiral leading U.S. military forces in Latin

America will step down from his post

before years end, after only a short tenure in the role, less than a year. The departure reportedly

stems from mounting tensions with Secretary of War Pete Hegsett over the Trump administration's

approach to fighting cartels and comes amid escalating tensions with Venezuela.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

Well, John Bolton is officially in legal trouble.

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