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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – June 20, 2025
Greetings from Tyler, Everyone’s mind is on the war in the Middle East. Civilians have been killed as Iran fires off rockets indiscriminately into civilian enclaves. They apparently are firing rockets toward Tel Aviv not knowing where they’ll land, and you hear the reports, civilians killed. Donald Trump is talking tough, like the U. S….


