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TexasTowelie

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Sun Jan 29, 2017, 05:28 PM Jan 2017

Trump's travel ban from 7 countries may hurt F-16 training in Tucson

Arizona Senator John McCain this morning voiced concerns that President Donald Trump's executive order barring citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries will prevent Iraqi military pilots from training in Tucson.

The program, run by the Arizona Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing, trains F-16 pilots from a number of countries, including those from Iraq.

McCain told Fact the Nation host John Dickerson he recently spoke with the former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, David Petraeus, about the unintended consequences for Trump's executive order.

"I talked with general Petraeus last night, he is very concerned about the special visas for those interpreters whose lives at literally in danger as we speak," McCain told host John Dickerson.

Read more: http://tucson.com/news/local/trump-s-travel-ban-from-countries-may-hurt-f-/article_54ff5a78-e641-11e6-9b63-b396fc8f9995.html

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