Gordon Carrera
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The air is heavy today.
as you say, with the smoke from wood fires burning across the city.
And now the US embassy is going to be targeted again, but with much more serious consequences for that embassy.
It's a big compound, isn't it?
I mean, it's something like 27 acres.
It's huge.
Half as big as Grand Central Station, Becky, our producer is saying.
About half as big as the US Capitol.
Or for British listeners, almost two times as big as Windsor Castle.
That big.
So it's a big embassy.
A walled compound, a dozen or so Marines guarding it, responsible for security.
I mean, you've been in embassies overseas, David.
I think you can say that, can't you?
I can say that.
You can say that.
So you've been there.
Have you ever worried about it being stormed or something like that?
I mean, is that something you think about if you're stationed in an embassy overseas?
It depends on where that embassy is.