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GovExec Daily: The Air Force Brings 500,000 Coronavirus Test Swabs Back From Italy
Marcus Weisberger joins the podcast to explain a story of a special delivery aboard a C-17 cargo plane
The U.S. Air Force quietly flew 500,000 swabs for COVID-19 testing kits from Italy to Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday. Defense One reporter Marcus Weisgerber broke the story after discovering an Instagram post and doing some reporting.
Weisgerber joined the podcast to talk about how he reported the story and what the Pentagon has in store for the swabs.