Bernd de Boosman

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114 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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Global News Podcast · US reveals it has deployed space weapons · 15 Sep 2026 podcast

government has for many, many decades now been eyeing space as very much a potential military frontier as far back as the Reagan administration.

Uh he famously had a a very expensive program, which was called Star Wars, to protect the U.S.

from ballistic missiles coming from what was then the Soviet Union.

So the planning

Of it has been long in the making, but this is very much the first time, or believed to be the first time, that the U.S.

or a U.S.

official has publicly acknowledging weapons in space.

And in his remarks, he was very clear that he's not giving details because of the sensitivity around the system, which one imagines is extremely sophisticated.

Global News Podcast · Russian drone attacks kill 16 in Ukrainian shopping centre · 22 Aug 2026 podcast

what the action is known.

It's called an administrative stay, and it really gives the justices time to consider the administration's broader request to let work continue on the ballroom.

But President Trump will certainly be very pleased.

In recent days he's really been framing this not only as a ballroom as it was initially envisioned when it was announced last year, but more as a national security complex that he says is kind of vital to protect presidents and their families.

And uh important guests in the future.

From where I'm sitting just outside the White House, I can see the two massive cranes over what used to be the East Room of the White House.

Last week, the administration's attorneys said that the work was about 65% done.

And since then, reporters have been seeing and hearing very much work continue sometimes for much of the day, 20 hours a day in some instances.

So it's it's very much a a work in progress, even as this whole legal battle's been playing out in the US court system.

I think many Americans that are kind of purists in in the sense that they think that these historical sites should be kept in place.

They've certainly bought the the argument in the initial lawsuit that this process requires a more formal review process with public comment invited.

On the other hand, many of the president's supporters certainly are supportive of the ballroom being built, especially

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