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Speaker 1: The talk station A six at fifty five krs the

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Speaker 1: talk station. It's Friday, and a happy one to you.

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Speaker 1: Extra special day to day the return of Congressman David Taylor,

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Speaker 1: probably representing the second District of Ohio in the swamp

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Speaker 1: that is Washington, DC. Welcome back, Congressman Taylor. It's great

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Brian, thanks for having me, and happy Friday

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Speaker 2: to you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, sir, appreciate that. Let's start with Iran. I

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Speaker 1: had Congressman Davidson on yesterday. He definitively stated that he

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Speaker 1: would be voting to support Roan Congressman Massey's efforts to

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Speaker 1: limit Donald Trump's ability to wage war absent congressional approval,

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Speaker 1: which to me, sir, is consistent with the Constitution. He

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Speaker 1: then went out online and confirmed that he was in

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Speaker 1: fact doing that, and that he had called for a

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Speaker 1: classified briefing on the mission in Iran. Don't know that

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Speaker 1: he's gotten one yet, but he did intend to back

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Speaker 1: the War Powers Resolution said war requires congressional authorization. These

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Speaker 1: are actions short of war, but no case has been made.

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Speaker 1: Can I ask you, sir, where are you on the

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Speaker 1: concept of just beginning to drop bombs on Iran because

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Speaker 1: it looks like it's coming any moment, and that quite

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Speaker 2: So I couldn't agree more in Congressman Davidson is right

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Speaker 2: as well. If we're going to conduct a war against

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Speaker 2: the sovereign nation, uh, Congress is supposed to authorize that.

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Speaker 2: And but as you mentioned, there are actions short of

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Speaker 2: war that the president can take. And I'll look to

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Speaker 2: to see if we can get a better handle on what,

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Speaker 2: if any of those possible kinetic strategies are and if

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Speaker 2: they do in fact require a government or a congressional authorization.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I just I just really struggle with this one.

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Speaker 1: And honestly, Sir, I appraise you, and I'm glad to

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Speaker 1: hear that that is your position relative to this this

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Speaker 1: current conflict situation. I guess I'm kind of wondering. You know,

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Speaker 1: you're in you're you're listening to your fellow congress persons,

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Speaker 1: your feel representatives, you're there in the swamp. Is anybody

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Speaker 1: on his own whether or not to engage in a

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Speaker 1: just sounds like it's one of those the silence seems

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Speaker 1: deafening kind of thing. Congressman Taylor, I agree, Brian.

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Speaker 2: You know, the big build up over there has been

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Speaker 2: and I think the part of the quiet you described

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Speaker 2: be struck. I don't know the degree to which was

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Speaker 2: that idea was damaged this morning when I heard that

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Speaker 2: the potentially negotiations are broken off. I think that's a concern. Yes,

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Speaker 2: everyone wants a peaceful I was talking to somebody in

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Speaker 2: that Iran has been as it is now forever, when

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Speaker 2: you and I know that, you know, the rolling Stones

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Speaker 2: conducted in accordance with a constitution.

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Speaker 1: If it comes to that, well that's all I'm asking for.

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Speaker 1: Deliberation and you know, a full awareness and maybe even

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Speaker 1: sort of an out loud mission statement. You know what,

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Speaker 1: what are we hoping to accomplish. The reason we are

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Speaker 1: going to provide you with authorization to start dropping bombs

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Speaker 1: is because we want to accomplish fill in the blank objectives.

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Speaker 1: So something sound like that which could start to deliver

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Speaker 1: You know, we'd like to maintain some sembilance of friendship

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Speaker 1: by this? I mean, just too many questions, Congressman Taylor.

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Speaker 2: All those all those things you pointed out are true,

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Speaker 2: and I'll add that you know Iran has a complicated

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Speaker 1: I hate to laugh in response to that, could happen

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Speaker 1: very bad, very fast. The vote on this, this Warpower's

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Speaker 1: resolution is supposed to take take place next week, and

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Speaker 1: since the talks kind of fell apart yesterday, very fast,

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Speaker 1: could mean like the weekend, right, I mean, would you

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Speaker 1: war in advance of the vote the Warpowers resolution? Would you.

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Speaker 2: The only thing I would say, bright, I don't think

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Speaker 2: nothing's impossible, of course. But I'm sure we know with

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Speaker 2: our intelligence agencies exactly where every single Mola is every

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Speaker 2: putting danger, and neither are the people of Iran. The

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Speaker 2: people of Iran are obviously rising up and dying, and

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Speaker 2: there are tens of thousands against this, you know people regime.

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Speaker 2: So we want, we want people to live freely in

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Speaker 2: Certainly the government of Iran does not.

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Speaker 1: Agree with us on that, clearly, And you can already

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Speaker 1: with precision accuracy. I imagine the Malas and the Eyetola

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Speaker 2: No, I'm sure Sulimani thought the same thing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no question about it. We know how that worked out.

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Speaker 1: to fourteen, continuing with Congressman David Taylor. After these words,

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Speaker 1: Washington DC. David Taylor, you were at the State of

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Speaker 1: the Union address. What was your reaction your response to it?

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Speaker 1: Happy with it? Was he missing anything or what were

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Speaker 1: the Union, Sir.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a great night, Brian. I was They

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Speaker 2: asked before we went into the State of Union what

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Speaker 2: on during the State of the Union, and I said,

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Speaker 2: that he went in and did, and that's exactly what

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Speaker 2: he did. It was it was two hours long, but

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Speaker 2: it was a very fast two hours, and you know,

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Speaker 2: I think hearing directly from the from the President about

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Speaker 2: about the only way people get the truth. Everything that

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Speaker 2: I'm sure you saw the enthusiasm in the room, but

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Speaker 2: one moment that stood out to me, Brian was at

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Speaker 2: one point I started to clap for the President for

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Speaker 2: but I was immediately drowned out by them clapping for themselves.

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Speaker 2: They're so proud of having screwed over working people in America.

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Speaker 2: That was one of the very few applause moments we

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Speaker 1: Question about that. I guess the one thing I'll observe,

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Speaker 1: have been a deficit Hawk and the work, the information

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Speaker 1: That is probably within the next ten years or so.

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Speaker 1: the absence of a comment about that we need to

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Speaker 1: And we're on shaky ground.

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Speaker 2: Congressmen, I agree, Brian, and I do wish you would

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Speaker 2: have mentioned that there has been a considerable reduction in deficit,

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Speaker 2: not that it's affected the debt yet, but the incredible

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Speaker 2: I think he was kind of kidding, but I think

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Speaker 2: it would be pretty close if we actually got rid

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Speaker 2: a product. It would it would be a huge reduction

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Speaker 1: Thank you, David Taylor. Amen to that. If Minnesota alone

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Speaker 1: just a handful of government programs, and those are federal

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Speaker 1: for that nonsense. One city, one city in one state

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Speaker 1: Van's going to go to work on that. I saw

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Speaker 1: he's gonna He's cutting off the reimbursements to Minnesota. It's

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Speaker 1: a big warning shot. They pad they spent that money already.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, for sure. And I was I was thrilled

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Speaker 2: to see the vice president put in charge of that project.

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Speaker 2: I don't think you're going to see something similar to

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Speaker 2: never even visiting the place. In this case, I think

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Speaker 2: the vice president will be all over that. And when

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Speaker 2: you when you take decisive action early and say, hey,

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Speaker 2: the dollars are not coming until you clean up your act.

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Speaker 2: Other states aren't under the microscope yet, take notice, and

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Speaker 2: hopefully they voluntarily clean up what they're doing.

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Speaker 1: Well, we know the Supreme Court ruled on tariffs the

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Speaker 1: other day, not favorable to Trump, in a six or

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Speaker 1: three decision that was based on the one statute or

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Speaker 1: law that Donald Trump asserted and underclaiming there was an emergency.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't have that authority, says the Supreme Court, So

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Speaker 1: he pivots over to another set of statutes or laws

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Speaker 1: that allow us to put some tariffs in place. You

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Speaker 1: maybe down the road a while. But I suspect the

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Speaker 1: same result. Where are we without Donald Trump being able

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Speaker 1: to being free to levy tariffs? Do you think Congress

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Speaker 1: will ever embrace the concept and an active on their

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Speaker 2: Well, while I don't agree with the decision that the

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Speaker 2: as always a little bit of a frustrating decision with

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Speaker 2: the Supreme Court. They don't give you all forever. In

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Speaker 2: any case, they sort of make the narrowest decision they

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Speaker 2: there's you know, obviously there's basis for several other ways

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Speaker 2: for the presidents of Levy terriffs. And he's carrying on

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Speaker 2: with that. The problem with the congressional action on teriffs.

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Speaker 2: Every other country in the world can do it flexibly

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Speaker 2: So it's it's impossible to have a competitive situation that

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Speaker 2: other countries. So we do need to come up with

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Speaker 2: a way that they can be used fairly to America's benefit,

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Speaker 2: no matter who's president.

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Speaker 1: I agree, but you know, you go to that pesky constitution.

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Speaker 1: It does have to be interpreted, and even though the

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Speaker 1: that we don't like, it does force a deliberate the process.

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Speaker 1: It requires Congress to get involved. And right, we're not

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Speaker 1: a dictator. We're not Ji Jinping who can launch missiles

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Speaker 1: Levy taxes. We're stuck with that constitution, so it can get.

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Speaker 2: The I agree completely that the executive branch is supposed

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Speaker 2: to have jurisdiction over foreign affairs. I consider that certainly

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Speaker 2: foreign affairs adjacent. Yes, it has to land somewhere that

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Speaker 2: makes sense.

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Speaker 1: Yes, he most certainly used tariff as a mechanism to

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Speaker 1: engage in foreign affairs, and that was his argument. I

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Speaker 1: understand that argument. Congressman David Taylor, thanks for the time

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Speaker 1: you're willing to spend with my listeners and me from

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Speaker 1: time time. I really appreciate having you on the program,

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Speaker 1: and I thank you very much for your your your

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Speaker 1: joining in Congressman Massey and Congressman Davidson and saying no,

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Speaker 1: you need congressional involvement on the launching of war against

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Speaker 1: your ron, sir. I look forward to seeing a more

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Speaker 1: formal statement on that, maybe a vote next week. We'll

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Speaker 1: just keep our popcorn out and pray to God that

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Speaker 1: we're not going to go to war tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Brian, thanks for having me on and a lot of

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Speaker 2: important things to think about right now.

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Speaker 1: Is good to be with you, it sure is, and

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Speaker 1: thank you very much for engaging in the discussion here

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Speaker 1: in the fifty five