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Officials said the CIA no longer needs the base because it has moved its drones to Afghan air fields.

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The NHL is counting on it because no league is more dependent on its core fan base than hockey.

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Since December 2008, the U.S. has, in a sense, no longer had fractional reserve banking, because the monetary base has been greater than M1.

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