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Amna: Welcome to this pbs news

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is special report -- president

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Biden's address to the nation.

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I'm amna nawaz.

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Geoff: And I'm geoff Bennett.

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Nearly two weeks ago, hamas

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terrorists attacked Israel with

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deadly surprise raids.

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Israel has responded with

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unrelenting airstrikes in gaza.

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Since then, the violence has

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escalated and the death toll has

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mounted, with more than 5000

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killed on both sides.

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Amna: President Biden has just

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returned from a trip to Israel.

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He was also scheduled to meet in

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Jordan with its leader, king

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Abdullah, as well as with the

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leaders of the Palestinian

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authority and Egypt.

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hospital in gaza and conflicting

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reports of who was to blame,

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Palestinian officials pointing

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to the Israelis.

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U.S. And Israeli officials

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saying intelligence shows the

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rocket came from gaza.

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That Jordan summit was scuttled.

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Tonight, the president is

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geoff: Tonight, the president is

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expected to speak about the U.S.

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Response to this war, and to the

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other war that has been a global

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focus for nearly two years --

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the war in Ukraine.

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But first, to president Biden

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speaking from the oval office.

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Pres. Biden: Good evening, my

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fellow Americans.

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We are facing an inflection

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point in history, one of those

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moments where the decisions we

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make today are going to

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determine the future for decades

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That is what I would like to

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talk with you about tonight.

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This morning, I returned from

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I was the first American

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president this cabinet, and

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I met with Israelis who have

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horrific horror on the attack by

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hamas on the seventh of October.

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More than 1300 people

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slaughtered in Israel, including

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at least 32 American citizens.

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Scores of innocents, from

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infants to elderly grandparents,

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Americans being held captive by

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As president, there is no higher

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priority for me than the safety

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of Americans held hostage.

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Hamas unleashed pure

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unadulterated people in the

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world, but sadly the jewish

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people know perhaps better than

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anyone that there is no limit to

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the depravity of people when

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they want to inflict pain on

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resilient and also angry and

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Palestinian authority and

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reiterated that the united

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Palestinian people's right to

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dignity and self-determination.

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The actions of hamas terrorists

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don't take that right away.

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heartbroken by the tragic loss

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of Palestinian life including

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the explosion at the hospital in

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gaza, which was not done by the

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We mourn every innocent life

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innocent Palestinians who only

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want to live in peace and have

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The assault on Israel echoes

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nearly 20 months of war,

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casualty, and brutality

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Ukraine, people who were very

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badly hurt since Putin launched

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his all-out invasion.

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We have not forgotten the mass

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graves, the bodies found, rape

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used as a weapon by the

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Russians, and thousands of

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Ukrainian children forcibly

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taken into Russia, stolen from

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Hamas and Putin share different

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threats, but they share this in

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common.

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They both want to completely

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annihilate democracy.

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Hamas's state of purpose for

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existing is the destruction of

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the state of Israel and the

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murder of jewish people.

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Hamas does not represent the

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Palestinian people.

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as human shields, and innocent

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families are suffering greatly

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because of that.

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While, Putin denies Ukraine ever

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had real statehood.

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He claims the soviet union

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created Ukraine.

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Just two weeks ago, he told the

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whole world that if the united

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States and our allies withdraw,

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military support from Ukraine

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would have a week left to lived.

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I know these conflicts can seem

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far away, and it is natural to

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ask, why does this matter to

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America?

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Let me lay clear why making sure

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they succeed is vital for

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America's national security.

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When terrorists do not pay price

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to their terror, when dictators

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do not pay a price for their

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aggression, it causes more

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chaos, death, and destruction

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they keep going, and the costs

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to America in the world keep

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If we do not stop Putin is

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appetite for power and control

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in Ukraine, he will not limit

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himself just to you rain.

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Putin has already threatened to

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remind Poland that their western

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land was a gift from Russia.

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One of his top advisers has

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called Estonia, Latvia, and

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Lithuania Russia's baltic

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prominences -- promises.

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peace in Europe and has been the

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cornerstone of American

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will defend every inch.

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do not seek, making clear we do

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not seek to have American troops

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fighting in Russia or fighting

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against Russia.

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Behind Europe, we know our

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allies and competitors are

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watching our response in Ukraine

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If we walk away and let

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Putin a race Ukraine's

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Independence, others will be

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emboldened to try the same.

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pacific, in the Middle East,

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especially the Middle East.

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Iran is supporting Russia in

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Ukraine and it is supporting

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hamas and will continue -- and

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we will continue to hold them

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accountable.

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The United States and our

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partners across the region are

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working to build a better future

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for the Middle East, one where

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the Middle East is more stable,

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better connected to its

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neighbors, and through

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innovative projects like the

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India, Middle East, and Europe

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rail corridor that I announced

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this year, more predictable

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markets, more employment, less

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raids, less grievances, less

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war.

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the Middle East and benefit us.

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American leadership holds the

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world together.

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American alliance is what keeps

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American values are what make us

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a partner that other nations

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want to work with.

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To put all that at risk, we walk

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away from Ukraine, we turn our

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backs on Israel, it is just not

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That is why tomorrow I am going

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to send to congress energy it

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budget request -- an urgent

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budget request to support our

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partners,

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including Israel and Ukraine.

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security for generations, help

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us keep American troops out of

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harms way, help us build a world

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that is safer, more peaceful,

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and more prosperous for our

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they have what they need to

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protect their people today and

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The security package I am

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sending to congress and asking

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congress to deal is

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president and commitment to

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Israel's security that will

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sharpen Israel's committed

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literary edge that we are --

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military edge that we are

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We are going to make sure iron

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dome continues to guard the

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skies over Israel.

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hostile actors in the region

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know that Israel is stronger

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than ever and prevents this

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conflict from spreading.

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Netanyahu and I discussed the

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critical need for Israel to

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operate by the laws of war.

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in combat as best as they can.

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The people of gaza urgently need

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food, water, and medicine.

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the leaders of Israel and Egypt,

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first shipment of humanitarian

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assistance from the united

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nations to Palestinians in gaza.

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peace, on a two state solution.

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Israel and Palestinians equally

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deserve to live in safety,

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dignity, and peace.

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In recent years, too much hate

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has given too much oxygen.

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anti-semitism and islamophobia

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It has also led to horrific

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threats and attacks that both

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shock us and break our

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hearts.

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On October 7, terror attacks

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have triggered deep scars and

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terrible memories in the jewish

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community.

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Today, jewish families worry

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about being targeted in school,

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wearing symbols of their faith

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walking down the street, or

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going out about their daily

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lives.

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I know many of you in the Muslim

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American community, the Arab

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American community, the

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palestinian-american community,

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and so many others are

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outraged, saying to yourselves,

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here we go again with

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islamophobia and distrust we saw

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after 9/11.

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Just last week, a mother was

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brutally stabbed.

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A little boy in the united

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States who just turned six years

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old was murdered in their home

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outside of Chicago.

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His name was -- a proud

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palestinian-american family.

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We cannot stay silent when this

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happens.

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We must denounce anti-semitism.

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We must denounce islamophobia.

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To those of you hurting, I see

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you, you belong, and I want to

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say this to you, you are all

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American.

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In moments like these, when fear

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and suspicion, anger and rage

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run hard, we have to work harder

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than ever to hold onto the

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values that make us who we are.

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We are a nation of religious

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freedom, freedom of expression.

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We have a right to debate and

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disagree without fear of being

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targeted in schools or work

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places.

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We must renounce violence and

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vitriol, see ourselves not his

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enemies, but as fellow

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Americans.

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When I was in Israel yesterday,

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I said that when Americans

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experience to be held of 9/11 --

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experienced the hell of 9/11, we

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made mistakes.

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I caution the government of

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Israel not to be blinded by

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rage.

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Here in America, let us not

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forget who we are.

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We condemn all forms of hate,

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whether against muslims, J

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EWS, or anyone.

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That is what great nations do,

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and we are a great nation.

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With Ukraine, I am asking

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congress to make sure we

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continue to send Ukraine the

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weapons they need to defend

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themselves without interruption,

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so Ukraine can stop Putin's

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brutality.

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They are succeeding.

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When Putin invaded Ukraine, he

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thought he would take kiyev and

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all of Ukraine in a matter of

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days.

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He is still stands because of

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the greatness of Ukrainian

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people.

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Ukraine has regained more than

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50% of the territory Russian

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troops once occupied.

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Backed by a U.S. Led coalition,

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all doing its part to support

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Kyiv.

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What would happen if we walked

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away?

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We are the essential nation.

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Meanwhile, Putin has turned to

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Iran and North Korea to buy

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attack drones and ammunition to

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terrorize Ukrainian cities and

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people.

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From the outset, I have said I

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will not send American troops to

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fight Ukraine.

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All Ukraine is asking for his

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help for the munition, the

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capacity, the capability to push

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invading Russian forces off

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their land, and air defense

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systems to shoot down Russian

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missiles before they do straight

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- - before they 
destroy Ukrainian

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cities.

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We still have equipment sitting

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in our stockpiles, and when we

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use the money allocated by

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congress, we use it to replenish

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our own stockpiles with no

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equipment, equipment that

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defends America and is made in

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America.

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Patron missiles for air defense

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batteries, made in Arizona.

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Artillery shells manufactured in

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12 states across the country in

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Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and

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so much more.

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Just as of World War II, today,

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patriotic American workers are

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building the arsenal of

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democracy and serving the cause

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of freedom.

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Let me close with this.

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Earlier this year, I boarded air

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force one for a secret flight to

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Poland.

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There, I boarded a train with

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blacked out windows for a 10

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hour ride each way to Kyiv, to

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stand with the people of Ukraine

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ahead of the one-year

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anniversary of their braveery.

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I was the first president into a

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war zone not controlled by the

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United States military since

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president Lincoln.

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With me was just a small group

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of security personnel and a few

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advisors.

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But when I exited that train

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with president zelenskyy --

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to the people who were today

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fighting for the same things we

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fought for 250 years ago --

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freedom, Independence,

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self-determination.

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As I walk through with president

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zelenskyy, there were sirens

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sounding in the distance.

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I felt something I had always

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believed more strongly than ever

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before.

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America is a beacon to the world

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, still.

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My friend Madeleine Albright

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said, the indispensable nation.

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Tonight there are innocent

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people all over the world who

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have hope because of us, who

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believe in a better life because

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of us, who are desperate not to

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be forgotten by us, and our

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waiting for us.

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But time is of the essence.

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I know we have our divisions at

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home.

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We have to get past them.

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We cannot let petty, partisan,

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angry politics get in the way of

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our responsibilities.

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We cannot and will not let

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terrorists like hamas and

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tyrants like Putin win.

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I refuse to let that happen.

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In moments like these, we have

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to remember who we are.

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We are the United States of

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America.

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There is nothing beyond our

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capacity if we do it together.

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My fellow Americans, thank you

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for your time.

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May god bless you all.

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May god protect our troops.

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Amna: President Biden there

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delivering an address to the

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American public from the oval

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office, weaving together the

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stories of Israel, Ukraine, and

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the war being fought.

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For analysis, we are joined by

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our team.

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Nick schifrin is here with me in

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the studio.

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Laura barron-lopez is at the

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white house, and Lisa Desjardins

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is at capitol hill.

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Lisa, I want to begin with you,

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what you just heard from the

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president, weaving the two wars

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together in this way.

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What do we know from the white

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house about why the president

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wanted to address both those

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nations and the wars in this way

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right now and to the American

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public directly?

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Lisa: First I want to

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acknowledge, as you can probably

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hear, that there is a small

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group of protesters just outside

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the white house Gates,

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protesting president Biden

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sitting more aid to Israel and

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calling for a cease-fire in the

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conflict.

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You may be able to hear that

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right now.

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What I took away is what you

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said, which is that the

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president wanted to explain to

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the American people why these

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two complex, although they might

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appear different, that they have

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some similarities, trying to say

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that, essentially, hamas and

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Putin may be different, but they

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are attacking neighboring

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democracies, attempting to, he

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used the words, annihilate

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neighboring democracies.

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We know one of the main

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priorities have this president

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is to bring home the fact that

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any attack on democracies abroad

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could also reach the home front

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in the attacks on democracies

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here and spread well beyond the

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borders of attacks on Ukraine.

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Geoff: Lisa, as you know,

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president Biden is delivering

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this address on the eve of his

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administration sending a funding

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request to congress.

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The topline is somewhere in the

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area of $100 billion, $60

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billion for Ukraine, 40 billion

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dollars split among Taiwan,

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Israel, and funding for the U.S.

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Southern border to help stem the

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tide of migrants.

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How is that expected to land on

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capitol hill?

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Mitch Mcconnell has already

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expressed support for it, but

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how is that going to land within

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the Republican house conference?

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Lisa: Speaking to senate

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sources, there is momentum

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growing in the senate.

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There does seem to be widespread

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support from Republicans and

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Democrats.

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The house is really a whole

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other ball of whacks.

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Not only are we waiting for a

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house speaker so anything can

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move along the house floor, but

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the house Republican conference

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falls into three camps.

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There was a group of very strong

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supporters for both of these aid

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packages.

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They say that they think they

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have momentum, that the chaos in

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the house Republican conference

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is actually helping them,

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because many of those who have

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been rebels when it

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comes to the house speaker

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fights were also skeptical on

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Ukraine.

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Making this a bipartisan cause

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could help them with both

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Ukrainian Israel funding.

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But the problem, Jeff, as you

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are saying, are the two other

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routes of house Republicans, one

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who say they do not want to

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spend anymore money on foreign

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aid, anything that gets close to

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intervention, in warfare,

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anything that risks American

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treasure going into military

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causes.

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There is another group that

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escaped -- that is skeptical

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about Ukraine and the specifics

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of the funding.

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I think some of these lines will

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raise question marks for them,

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the idea that the line is

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replacing American stockpiles.

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I think there are many embers

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here paying close

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attention and saying it is more

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complicated than that.

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They are worried about American

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stockpiles, but they also have

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not released enough guarantees

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that this money has gone to

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Ukraine battle operations only.

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A lot question marks we are

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going to hear over the next few

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days.

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Amna: Nick, I know you were

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taking notes furiously.

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What struck me was the

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specificity of his remarks.

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He talked about what he saw on

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the ground in Israel and

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Ukraine.

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These are both wars you are

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reporting on.

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But he set this up as an issue

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of American national security.

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What do you take away from it?

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Nick: I think what Lisa and Jeff

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were talking about is the

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context, 100 billion dollars a

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head of an election year is a

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massive amount of money,

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especially $60 billion for

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Ukraine, but what president

632
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Biden used his we are the

633
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essential nation, the arsenal of

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democracy.

635
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That is Franklin Delano

636
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Roosevelt's call in 1942, fund

637
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the allies to take on what ended

638
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up being World War II.

639
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Just like Roosevelt, Biden feels

640
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the need to rally the nation.

641
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It is interesting because the

642
00:21:46,433 --> 00:21:46,566
U.S. Is not fighting either of

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these wars, but in the

644
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president's view, the U.S. Needs

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to be and is the only nation

646
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that can give Ukraine the amount

647
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of money it needs and the

648
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weapons it needs, and Israel, to

649
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provide that kind of almost top

650
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cover, aircraft, --

651
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aircraft carriers off the coast

652
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of Israel so that groups do not

653
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attack Israel.

654
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This is his version of trying to

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explain to America how he sees

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the world and why he thinks the

657
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United States remains so

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important.

659
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By the way, we have to spend

660
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$100 billion, and you have to

661
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support that.

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Geoff: Laura, as president Biden

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signals America's foreign policy

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interests and our national

665
00:22:33,333 --> 00:22:33,733
security interests being

666
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tethered to these two distant

667
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wars, what comes after this

668
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speech tonight?

669
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How does he continue to press

670
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the case both on capitol hill

671
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and among the American public?

672
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Laura: Something we know about

673
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the president is that when he

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makes a decision, he usually

675
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sticks to it, despite some

676
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disagreement within his party,

677
00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:55,366
about where some of this aid

678
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shall go, or how forceful his

679
00:22:59,133 --> 00:22:59,366
support is up Israel?

680
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- - Of Israel.

681
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Some Democrats in congress want

682
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to call for cease-fires, but

683
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president Biden is going to send

684
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this request over to congress,

685
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making it clear where he stands,

686
00:23:12,366 --> 00:23:15,800
which is that he wants some $10

687
00:23:16,666 --> 00:23:16,833
billion to $14 billion for

688
00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:19,966
Israel, some $60 billion for

689
00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:24,066
Ukraine, and also going to throw

690
00:23:24,933 --> 00:23:25,400
in some border security as well

691
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as some humanitarian aid to

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Palestinians.

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That is what comes next, this

694
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big push on the hill to try to

695
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make sure, despite the fact that

696
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there is not a speaker right now

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, that between now and the end

698
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of the year, he gets his big

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national security request past.

700
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- - Passed.

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Amna: Nick, in terms of the

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immediate future, I then talked

703
00:23:49,366 --> 00:23:51,400
about the adversaries and allies

704
00:23:52,266 --> 00:23:52,966
all watching how the U.S. Acts

705
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in this moment.

706
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He seemed to signal ahead, in

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terms of on the ground in

708
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Israel, that we cannot give up

709
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on peace.

710
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Does any of that signal where

711
00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:03,566
the administration could go next

712
00:24:04,433 --> 00:24:04,566
when it comes to these complex?

713
00:24:05,833 --> 00:24:06,900
- - Conflicts?

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Nick: In terms of the middle

715
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East, he is trying to keep the

716
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Saudi normalization on the

717
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table.

718
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The key aspects of that, trying

719
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to keep a corridor from the

720
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Middle East into Europe and from

721
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south Asia.

722
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That seems like a pipe dream

723
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right now.

724
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The Middle East is trying to

725
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avoid a regional war right now,

726
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and that is the context of the

727
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:29,900
west think so present in the

728
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mediterranean, trying to avoid

729
00:24:31,566 --> 00:24:33,033
that regional war.

730
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He tied that to Europe, if Putin

731
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is not stopping Ukraine, he will

732
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continue.

733
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That is why he says all these

734
00:24:41,966 --> 00:24:42,900
weapons need to go to Ukraine,

735
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so Ukraine can stop Putin from

736
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expanding.

737
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Geoff: The administration

738
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explain how they tend to support

739
00:24:52,466 --> 00:24:52,800
Israel, support Ukraine, and

740
00:24:53,666 --> 00:24:55,933
also Taiwan with all the rising

741
00:24:56,666 --> 00:24:57,333
threat posed by China

742
00:24:57,333 --> 00:24:57,466
simultaneously.

743
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,733
Nick: To a certain extent, that

744
00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:05,066
is a question for the house and

745
00:25:05,933 --> 00:25:06,066
whether they will find anything.

746
00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:08,100
But the military can do this.

747
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There are lots of steps the U.S.

748
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Is taking to try and increase

749
00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:14,833
artillery production, munitions

750
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production.

751
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That is what Ukraine needs.

752
00:25:19,033 --> 00:25:19,700
Separately, Israel needs air

753
00:25:20,566 --> 00:25:20,700
defense and some artillery and

754
00:25:21,566 --> 00:25:22,500
precision guided missions that

755
00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:26,500
you rain -- munitions that

756
00:25:27,233 --> 00:25:27,500
Ukraine does not use.

757
00:25:28,366 --> 00:25:28,500
Iran needs a hybrid approach.

758
00:25:30,166 --> 00:25:32,833
- - Taiwan needs a hybrid

759
00:25:33,433 --> 00:25:34,366
approach.

760
00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:35,300
On a technical level, the

761
00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:35,433
military says it can do that.

762
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:37,166
There are a lot of challenges

763
00:25:38,033 --> 00:25:39,866
when it comes to arm production,

764
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:41,533
so we do not have a huge

765
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:42,533
industrial complex that can

766
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:43,900
produce enough weapons right now

767
00:25:44,766 --> 00:25:45,566
, but the fact is those three

768
00:25:45,566 --> 00:25:46,533
conflicts actually need

769
00:25:46,533 --> 00:25:49,533
different weapons, so that is

770
00:25:49,533 --> 00:25:50,533
why the U.S. Officials believe

771
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they still can.

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Geoff: And the funding is

773
00:25:53,533 --> 00:25:53,733
critical.

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00:25:54,733 --> 00:25:58,533
Nick: Of course, passage of this

775
00:25:59,266 --> 00:25:59,633
bill is the beginning.

776
00:26:00,566 --> 00:26:01,700
$60 billion will only get

777
00:26:02,566 --> 00:26:03,500
Ukraine through next summer.

778
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Amna: A lot to follow across the

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00:26:06,266 --> 00:26:06,933
world, and back here in

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00:26:06,933 --> 00:26:07,066
Washington.

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Thank you to all of our

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00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:10,866
correspondence -- Nick schifrin,

783
00:26:11,733 --> 00:26:12,566
Laura Barone Lopez, and Lisa

784
00:26:13,166 --> 00:26:13,300
Desjardins.

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00:26:14,866 --> 00:26:19,133
You can continue to follow our

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00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:20,600
coverage on pbs.org/newshour.

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Geoff: Join us tomorrow night on

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00:26:25,066 --> 00:26:25,200
the pbs newshour for the latest

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coverage.

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Thank you for joining us this

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