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      <title><![CDATA[How EUCOM shelved a tax break for 9,000 troops in Poland — for five years.]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2020 the U.S. and Poland signed an agreement giving American troops a VAT exemption on off-post purchases. Five years later, three EUCOM commanders, and roughly $22 million in unrealized relief: nobody has received a single złoty back. The Implementing Arrangement was never signed.]]></description>
      <author>investigations@honestmos.com (Don Drummond)</author>
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