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Just weeks after joining the U.S Men's Olympic hockey team in the locker room to celebrate their Gold Medal victory in Italy, FBI director Kash Patel is celebrating what he sees as another athletic milestone. "I'm thrilled to announce this historic seminar between the FBI and the UFC at Quantico," said Patel in a statement released today by the UFC. "This is a tremendous opportunity for our FBI agents to learn and train with some of the greatest athletes on earth " helping the world's premier law enforcement agency be even better prepared to protect the American people." The training will provide insight into UFC fighters' training methods as well as fighting techniques and tactics. It will take place at the FBI Special Agent Academy in Quantico on March 15 and 16 and is for "academy students as well as senior FBI staff from around the world."
As the war with Iran continues, farmers with already slim profit margins are struggling.
Billy and Greg Bridgeforth, who oversee a fifth-generation family farm in Tanner, say diesel prices through their distributor in Decatur have risen more than $2 since the war began, from $2.99 to $5.02. On a full day of farming, they said they can use up to 1,500 gallons of diesel on their tractors alone " meaning they could pay more than $3,000 extra on a full day.
The war has added pressure not only through fuel costs but also through fertilizer prices. The Bridgeforths say they are now paying $100 extra per ton.
"With the prices of the inputs going up so high, and if we were to have a disastrous cotton crop like we did last year, that could be real trouble," Billy said.
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