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Speaker 1: Team forty seven with Clay and Buck starts Now.

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Speaker 3: This is an unhabitable place for human beings. Do you

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Speaker 3: really think that that families can live their dream in

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Speaker 3: a region that looks like this with no running water,

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Speaker 3: no electricity. And the Special Envoy to the President, Steve Whitcoff,

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Speaker 3: recently traveled to Gaza, as you all know, and he

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Speaker 3: came back with images that he showed the President of

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Speaker 3: the dire situation here, and the President made this decision

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Speaker 3: with a humanitarian heart for all people in the region.

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Speaker 2: Caroline Levitt joins us now she is the White House

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Speaker 2: Press Secretary. Caroline, appreciate you making the time. I know

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Speaker 2: you just finished, so you're probably a little fatigued of

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Speaker 2: answer questions, but here you get you get more time,

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Speaker 2: and there's no bickering to try to get questions your

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Speaker 2: way from the audience.

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Speaker 4: So that's good.

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Speaker 2: I don't really want to have you react to yourself.

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Speaker 2: But on the Gaza issue, and we just heard what

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Speaker 2: you said during the press conference, where is the president's

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Speaker 2: mind on this? I mean, is this just the early

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Speaker 2: phases or does he have some pathways that he wants

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Speaker 2: to explore that he's already thought through a bit.

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Speaker 5: Hey sure, guys, Well thanks for having me. It's great

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Speaker 5: to be with you. It's my first time, I think

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Speaker 5: joining since I've been in my new job. So last

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Speaker 5: time I was with you, we were campaigning all over

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Speaker 5: the country and now we're governing and it's a lot

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Speaker 5: of fun and we're getting a lot done. And when

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Speaker 5: it comes to Gaza, as I just answered in my

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Speaker 5: press conference moments ago, you know, the President has socialized

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Speaker 5: this idea for quite some time. He's talks to his

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Speaker 5: partners in the region in the Middle East about this

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Speaker 5: what he've used as an opportunity to rebuild this region

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Speaker 5: as a peaceful and habitable place for people that clearly

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Speaker 5: have been displaced because of Hamas's actions and of Rainian

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Speaker 5: back terris in the region, which have really led to

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Speaker 5: the demolition of Gaza. So, look, I think it's an

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Speaker 5: out of the box idea. But that's why the American

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Speaker 5: people elected Donald Trump to actually solve problems and not

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Speaker 5: just resort back to the same old broken thinking that

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Speaker 5: got us into this mess in the first place.

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Speaker 2: So Caroline on this show, we're pretty By the way,

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Speaker 2: Clay is on his way currently flying down for the

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Speaker 2: super Bowl, so he's in the super Bowl zone. He

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Speaker 2: has to remind me that the super Bowl is this Sunday.

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Speaker 2: So I am not flying to the super Bowl. But

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Speaker 2: the executive order that President Trump is going to be signing,

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Speaker 2: I believe imminently right in the next hour or so

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Speaker 2: is it's scheduled. So President Trump is going to be

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Speaker 2: signing an executive order dealing with banning transgender athletes from

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Speaker 2: women's sports. What are the mechanisms of enforcement on this

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Speaker 2: and how did the President come to this as something

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Speaker 2: he's hitting right away in the first thirty days.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, So the President has been very vocal and persistent

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Speaker 5: about his goal to end the participation of biological men

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Speaker 5: and women's sports. And I can't even believe I have

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Speaker 5: has come to, and I think it's a big reason

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Speaker 5: the American people re elected President Trump. So here we

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Speaker 5: of amazing, incredible athletes, female athletes, accomplished individuals, Riley Gaines,

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Speaker 5: who I know, you guys know very well Stage Steele,

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Speaker 5: who participated in my briefing today. And the President's executive

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Speaker 5: order will uphold the promise of Title nine and it

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Speaker 5: will require the Department of Justice to basically reverse the

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Speaker 5: policies of the previous administration. What was happening was Biden

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Speaker 5: President signed an executive order previously last week that says

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Speaker 5: that it's the official policy of the United States government

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Speaker 5: you know, he's made it very clear that's the position

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Speaker 2: You know, Caroline, I think it's so important, it's so

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Speaker 2: So I think Trump is doing at President Trump's doing

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Speaker 2: I know you addressed this just before in the press

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Speaker 2: conference with regard to Politico, but now Elon Musk of

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Speaker 2: DOGE has also shared that The New York Times has

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Speaker 2: federal government agencies. What is going on here?

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Speaker 5: Yes, it's a very good question, and that's exactly why

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Speaker 5: the president has hired Elon Musk. Not hired because he's

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Speaker 5: figuring out what is going on with our federal government?

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Speaker 5: And we are DOGE and the president team are going

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Speaker 5: federal government has been wasting money. There is so much

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Speaker 5: So subscriptions services and essentially subsidizing these very left wing

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Speaker 5: media outlets in this country is just one thing on

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Speaker 5: Musk and the President are moving forward with this effort

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Speaker 5: so it's very exciting to see all of the crazy

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Speaker 2: My understanding is that they're now looking caroline at the

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Speaker 5: Oh most definitely. I mean, look again, they've just scratching

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Speaker 5: President and this team also offered the federal buyout program

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Speaker 5: They have been working from homes. Only six percent of

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Speaker 5: That's unbelievable. Most Americans, who, by the way, fund the

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Speaker 2: Is there a plan we've seen reporting? We're speaking to

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Speaker 2: Caroline Levitt, White House Press Secretary, fresh off of just

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Speaker 2: there are a plan to further cut the size of

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Speaker 5: Well, that's one of the reasons we have offered this

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Speaker 2: It feels like the manners from some in the press

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Speaker 5: You know, I will say that they are very respectful.

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Speaker 5: They've certainly expressed off the record to me and our

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Speaker 5: we've opened up this this briefing room to new media members.

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Speaker 5: We have really proven that this president is the most

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Speaker 5: definitely more chill. I would say this time around me,

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Speaker 2: Years, Play and I are both duly impressed but not

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Speaker 2: surprised by how well you've leapt into this role at

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Speaker 2: So congrats on what you and the administration and President

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Speaker 4: Thank you so much both to you, Clay and Buck,

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Speaker 2: Well, we're so proud of you man, honestly, and you

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Speaker 4: is a strength. It's nice having different perspectives around the table.

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Speaker 4: But what makes the American military the most lethal fighting

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Speaker 4: force in the face of the planet is at one

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Speaker 4: point during basic training, we all put aside our differences

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Speaker 4: and say, you know, there's no hyphenated Americans here. We're

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Speaker 4: all just Americans fighting behind the same mission. That is

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Speaker 4: ultimately the differentiating factor on the battlefield that makes us

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Speaker 4: so lethal. We've got to evolve our army from you know,

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Speaker 4: insulated brigade combat teams that were largely focused on you know,

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Speaker 4: asymmetric threat of you know, Islamic Islamic extremism and global terror,

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Speaker 4: which by the way, still exists. Still have to be

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Speaker 4: able to combat that, but we've got to evolve our

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Speaker 4: force to be able to face more conventional threats like

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Speaker 4: Russia in China. We've got to rapidly adapt to accommodate

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Speaker 4: for the threat of AI integrated drones things like that.

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Speaker 4: We got to start shipbuilding in our navy. You know,

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Speaker 4: there's so many things that have to be done and

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Speaker 4: have to be done quickly to get our military back

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Speaker 4: on course to We don't want to fight wars okay

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Speaker 4: at all. But the best way to not fight wars

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Speaker 4: is to deter them, right And so Teddy Roosevelt said,

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Speaker 4: you know, speaks softly and carry a big stick. Under

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Speaker 4: President Trump and speak loudly and carry a big stick.

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Speaker 4: Turns out that works pretty good as well. So gon

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Speaker 4: we're going to deter conflicts and deter global wars keep

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Speaker 4: America's sons and daughters out of the fight by building

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Speaker 4: the biggest, strongest military on the face of the planet

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Speaker 4: to keep the peace.

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Speaker 1: John, we are super exciting for you. It's the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: as you well know. I want to get your Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl pick. But you are a monster Pittsburgh steel The

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Speaker 1: biggest question for Steeler Nation is what do you do

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Speaker 1: at quarterback going forward.

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Speaker 4: I don't know. People think that Justin Fields is gonna

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Speaker 4: be the guy. Uh. I don't think that's going to

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Speaker 4: be the case. The Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh Steelers have a real problem.

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Speaker 4: I think they really have an ownership problem. You know,

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Speaker 4: I I really believe that. I'm sure Mike Tomlin is

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Speaker 4: a great guy, but I think the organization just needs overhaul.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 4: We don't win in the playoffs anymore. That's a real problem.

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Speaker 4: Just looking at the team as a whole and saying like, well, hey,

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Speaker 4: we're above average on all of these stats. I'm sorry.

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Speaker 4: In the city of Pittsburgh, that's not good enough. We're

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Speaker 4: about winning championships in this city, and so I think

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Speaker 4: the organization as a whole just needs a complete mind

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Speaker 4: mindset shift to be a championship caliber team. Again, it's

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Speaker 4: not just about winning or having winning season, which, by

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Speaker 4: the way, is the most meaningless stat in the history

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Speaker 4: of NFL football. Who cares if you had a winning

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Speaker 4: season if you're not actually winning playoff games and championships. Uh.

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Speaker 4: But as far as the Super Bowl, I'm sad to say,

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Speaker 4: as a monster NFL football fan, I'm gonna watch it,

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Speaker 4: but the Chiefs and the Eagles. I'm from Pennsylvania, but

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Speaker 4: I will never be one of those political types that

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Speaker 4: wears half Steelers and half Eagles.

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Speaker 5: I can't.

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Speaker 4: I know, I load the Eagles. I load the Chiefs.

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Speaker 4: I don't want to see another second of Travis Kelcey

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Speaker 4: and Taylor Swift on the screen. I just kind of

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Speaker 4: load the idea of watching the Super Bowl this year.

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Speaker 4: My friend, well, buck bold, but do you yeah, it

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Speaker 4: is very bold.

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Speaker 1: I do love It does drive me crazy when people

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Speaker 1: try a lot of politicians try to pretend that they

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Speaker 1: are sports fans, and then they're like, I love the

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Speaker 1: Steelers and I love the Eagle. That's impossible. If you're

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Speaker 1: from Pennsylvania, you like one or the other, and everybody

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Speaker 1: who's a sports fan is like, yeah, you're full of it.

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Speaker 1: Now you might root for another team, like sometimes there's

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Speaker 1: probably some guys that are Cowboy fans, god forbid who

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Speaker 1: live in Pennsylvania. But at least you can't claim to

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Speaker 1: root for both of them, like you can't be from Alabama.

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Speaker 1: Katie Britt, you know, is not going to say she

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Speaker 1: it's a Obama girl. He's not gonna say, oh, I

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Speaker 1: also love Auburn. Meanwhile, Tubberville, he's an Auburn guy. He's

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Speaker 1: not like I love Alabama. People respect if you just

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Speaker 1: own what you actually believe in all facets, including sports.

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Speaker 4: It has to be that way. And by the way,

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Speaker 4: my wife is the same way. She's a huge New

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Speaker 4: England Patriots fan, actually a real Tom Brady fan, but

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Speaker 4: also a Baltimore Ravens fan. So let me just tell

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Speaker 4: you we have real interesting NFL football Sundays in Fort

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Speaker 4: Parnell when you're cheered for the Ravens and everyone in

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Speaker 4: my family are big Steelers fans. Sometimes there could be

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Speaker 4: a little conflict there, you know.

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Speaker 1: We By the way, Buck and I are super interested.

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Speaker 1: I don't Buck may have been I've never been to

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Speaker 1: the Pentagon before. We're gonna come. Have you ever had

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Speaker 1: it either? Which is crazy given I worked at the CIA,

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Speaker 1: but I went to all the other big buildings, never

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Speaker 1: got inside the Pentagon. I only did the Intel agencies.

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Speaker 1: We are gonna come visit you when you were up

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Speaker 1: working at some point in DC. We look forward to it.

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Speaker 1: And again, congratulations, and we are super proud of you.

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Speaker 1: And I know the audiences as well.

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Speaker 4: Well. You all are welcome anytime in the Pentagon press

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Speaker 4: room or if you want to broadcast from the Pentagon,

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Speaker 4: we will figure out a way to make that.

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Speaker 1: Oh that would actually be super cool.

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Speaker 4: But thank you for the opportunity both of you. Again,

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Speaker 4: it was just an honor to be a small part

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Speaker 4: of your network, and thank you for everything that you've

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Speaker 4: done for me.

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Speaker 1: Well, keep killing it, enjoy the super Bowl even if

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Speaker 1: you don't want to watch. And man, we know you're

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Speaker 1: going to do a great job. Services in good hands

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Speaker 1: with you. We look forward to seeing how you're going

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Speaker 1: to do.

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Speaker 5: Man.

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Speaker 4: Thanks guys,