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Quantico ready to host Ukrainian refugees, says base commander

Quantico Marine Corps Base Commander Col. Michael Brooks

If Quantico is tapped to host Ukrainian refugees, the Marine Corps Base will be ready.

Base Commander Col. Michael Brooks met with some Prince William Board of County Supervisors members for lunch on Tuesday, April 5. Brooks said the base was prepared to take some of the 100,000 Ukrainian refugees President Joseph Biden agreed to bring into the U.S.

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