Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is your host, Eric Erickson, on an open line Friday without full numbers.

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I am sitting in the front parlor, what do they call this?

The library of this room, the library of the Texas

governor's mansion. Governor Abbott and his team invited me to come over, go to the

tailgate tonight for the University of Texas, University of Georgia football game that's tomorrow.

So I'm hanging out here in Austin with some longtime friends. We've got a band practicing

in the background, if you may hear some bass bleeding through the microphone, but maybe not. We've got a band practicing the background. If you may hear some

bass bleeding through the microphone, but maybe not. I've got my great setup here. I really need

to switch to foreign policy and talk about this for a minute because we've got some news from

the BBC. North Korea has started sending troops to fight with Russia in Ukraine.

South Korea's spy agency has said, as Seoul warned of a grave security threat.

The allegation comes a day after Ukrainian president of Lordemir Zelenskyy said he believed 10,000 North Korean soldiers could join the war based on

intelligence information. South Korean President Jung Suk Yol called for a security meeting on Friday and said the international

community must respond with all available means. According to the spy agency, 500 troops had already

arrived in Russia with anonymous sources telling South Korean media the final figure

could be closer to 12,000. This comes as evidence mounts the North Koreans are supplying Russia

with ammunition, as recently demonstrated by the recovery of a missile in Ukraine's Poltava region.

Moscow and Pyongyang have all been deepening their cooperation in recent months.

Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-ung,

greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin on his birthday,

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