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Speaker 1: Earlier this morning, facing increasing questions about the military conflict

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Speaker 2: Let's start there, shall we.

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Speaker 3: As the Secretary said, today will be our heaviest day

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Speaker 3: We've attacked over six thousand targets and our strike packages

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Speaker 3: SANCAM is now persistently over the enemy, and a result,

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Speaker 1: All Right, so there's a lot more to this briefing

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Speaker 1: and we're going to share it with you, But let's

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Speaker 1: first bring in our friend Chris to Gaul. He of course,

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Speaker 1: the morning radio host, the Salem Radio Network host to

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Speaker 1: Coast from six am to nine am every single day.

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Speaker 1: You can also see that show if that's your thing

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Speaker 1: on Salem News Channel. Chris, good morning, Thank you for

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Speaker 1: good morning, Larry.

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Speaker 2: How are you.

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Speaker 1: I'm well and I felt really good after watching this

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Speaker 1: briefing today we were both on the air, but I'm

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Speaker 2: That's what we got today.

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Speaker 1: And to me, the most important five words I just

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Speaker 4: You know, a friend of mine messaged me during that

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Speaker 2: If you thought so, if you watch NBC.

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Speaker 1: Well, and it's such a brilliant point to remind us

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Speaker 3: In just the first thirteen days of this operation, are

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Speaker 1: Now, how much of that is going to be relayed

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gross.

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Speaker 1: Just like again, we're both old enough to remember those

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Speaker 2: Stuff storm and Norman.

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Speaker 5: They'll do it live. We'll do it live.

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Speaker 2: That's right. All right.

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Speaker 7: He says that he's going to widen the war. He's

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Speaker 7: What's your message back to the new Supreme Leader.

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Speaker 6: Well, they've been doing a lot of talking, so he's

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Speaker 1: with all due respect for it to a dear guy,

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Speaker 1: he said the Ayatolas said X and.

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Speaker 1: No, he didn't say, and he has not said a

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Speaker 1: damn word. A statement was issued in his name as

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Speaker 1: we showed this. I guess, but I mean he's not

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Speaker 2: No.

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Speaker 4: And in fact, Pete Heeksas said this morning the Supreme

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Speaker 5: They believe he's disfigured. Furthermore, heggs is.

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Speaker 2: What I'm saying.

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Speaker 4: His father is dead, he's scared, lacks total legitimacy was

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Speaker 1: I mean I've had better days than that, that's for sure.

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Speaker 4: I mean, Larry the idea and you know this better

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Speaker 5: At war colleges for years.

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Speaker 1: I think I think that is it. I truly do

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Speaker 2: Do you know what it was? I searched this.

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Speaker 1: When was the last time iron threatened to shut down

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Speaker 4: And of course I can't confirm this, and neither can you.

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Speaker 2: I have no doubt. I have no doubt.

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Speaker 2: That this is not real.

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Speaker 1: However, I also want to point out to you that

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Speaker 1: When we played it yesterday, it had fun with it.

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Speaker 5: KABLUI, Yeah, you think they do want to stop gathering?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so well we're told that the next meeting they

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Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: What other thing we've learned about the Supreme Leader? Because

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Speaker 1: So what's going on here? Chris, you're an expert, you

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Speaker 4: If this is all it takes, I mean, maybe we

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Speaker 5: You know, we wake up at an ungodly hour.

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Speaker 1: Just just stick a poster like a plaster of face

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Speaker 2: And don't you think.

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Speaker 1: Watching all of this unfold, Jill Biden is sitting there saying,

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Speaker 2: We could have won that debate.

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Speaker 5: It's all right, stuff park out of my mind.

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Speaker 1: All right, So, as I mentioned, Yeah, as I mentioned,

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Speaker 1: Chris Tigaul is an expert. A lot of people don't

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Speaker 2: He's independently wealthy. He doesn't have to do this. He

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Speaker 1: So let's pull up that last picture again, Kevin, if

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Speaker 1: All right, Now we have new footage of this moment here,

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Speaker 2: All right, are you ready? Here we go? So again,

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Speaker 2: I we are.

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Speaker 1: We are not experts necessarily, Chris is, and I'll wait

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Speaker 2: I guess it.

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Speaker 4: Takes as it's one of those things you got to

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Speaker 4: I've seen some of the president walking along a mountain

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Speaker 4: I don't think that actually happened either. I think that

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Speaker 1: This is why Al Gore invented the Internet in the

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Speaker 1: first place. It's really fantastic stuff. Christopher. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: walking me through our top story today. As always, you

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Speaker 1: are a delight and devil. You're America sweetheart, and I

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Speaker 2: Well, God bless you. Lawrence. Have a great weekend, would you.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'll be my best.

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Speaker 2: You and your family is