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  "textContent": "In a contradictory remark he would later retract, UK Defense Readiness & Industry Minister Luke Pollard said he was sick and tired of \"journalists and armchair generals\" talking down the military, as he was pressed in response to a BFBS Forces News audience poll.",
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