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Ben pursed his lips. "And with the growing resentment of many of the
citizens against Claire Osterman and her welfare state, he'd find plenty
of converts to his cause."

Mike nodded. "You got it, Boss."

"Well," Ben said, "continue to monitor the situation and keep me
apprised of any new developments."

"Yes, sir."

"Now, back to the more mundane," Ben said. He turned his attention to
his team seated before him. "Now that we don't have any active
hostilities facing us, it is imperative that we don't let the men and
women in our Armed Forces get stale. I want the training exercises
increased so that if push comes to shove and we have to intervene
anywhere in the world, we'll be ready."

Ben glanced at Mike. "And with this new information from Mike, we'd
better be doing some extra training in desert-warfare tactics."

Harley Reno nodded. "Well, our last little outing down in Mexico
certainly gave our forces some experience in fighting in the desert."

Ben smiled. "Good, then use the men with experience down there to help
train the ones who didn't serve in the desert."

He stood up. "That's all for now," he said.

His team got to their feet and began to file out.

Jersey gave Coop a little shove from behind. "Oh, Coop," she said, "I'll
see you out on the obstacle course right after lunch."

He grinned over his shoulder at her. "I think maybe I'll go get one last
physical therapy session before my workout."

"Good. I'll go with you," Jersey said, a malicious gleam in her eye. "I
want to give the Swede the good news that your arm is all better now."

Coop's face fell. "You don't have to do that, Jerse."

"No problem," she said. "Glad to help out."

14 Two

Abdullah El Farrar's eyes blazed with fiiry as he glared at the sweating
young man in front of him. "You have endangered our holy mission with
your reckless disregard of the Prophet's admonition against drinking