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Speaker 2: What do you think over the next couple of weeks.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know before the end.

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Speaker 4: Good Saturday morning. It's so nice to have you with

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Speaker 4: one very big story for you. The US, under Donald

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Speaker 4: Trump's command, launch what is being described as a vengeance

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Speaker 4: attack on ISIS targets after National Guard soldiers were killed.

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Speaker 4: Several suspected terrorice sites were targeted across central Syria, and

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Speaker 4: one and retaliatory strike ordered by the President of the

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Speaker 4: United States of America. It was called Operation Hawkeye. The

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Speaker 4: US military launched a large scale air and ground strike

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Speaker 4: targeting ISIS fighters, infrastructures, and weapon sites across seventy plus locations.

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Speaker 4: The operation was ordered by President Donald Trump in direct

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Speaker 4: response to an ambush that killed American personnel signaling firm deterrents.

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Speaker 4: The strikes reportedly delivered a significant blow to ISIS remnants

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Speaker 4: operational capabilities by hitting logistics, storage depots, command and control points,

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Speaker 4: and infrastructure. How did it happen the use of precision

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Speaker 4: munitions in a mix of aircraft. F fifteens, A tens

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Speaker 4: described this breaking news.

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Speaker 1: We begin tonight with President Trump's response to last week's

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Speaker 1: killing of two American service members and a civilian interpreter

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Speaker 1: in Syria. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls new air

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Speaker 1: strikes tonight in Syria a declaration of vengeance against ISIS terrorists.

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Speaker 1: We have Fox Team coverage on the breaking story. Trey

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Speaker 1: Yanks is in Tel Aviv with reaction to the strikes,

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Speaker 1: and Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin starts us off

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Speaker 1: with what we know here in Washington.

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Speaker 2: Good even Jennifer, Good evening. Brett, a senior US official,

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Speaker 2: tells Fox the US military has struck more than fifty

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Speaker 2: ISIS targets in the past two hours, following the President's

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Speaker 2: order to quote hit them hard. After the killing of

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Speaker 2: security forces, US Central Command launched a massive strike on

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Speaker 2: dozens of ISIS targets in an operation called Operation Hawkeye

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Speaker 2: Strike Iowa, the Hawkeye State. The strikes took place at

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Speaker 2: multiple locations across Syria. The targets include ISIS infrastructure and

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Speaker 2: is not the beginning of a war. It is a

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Speaker 2: declaration of vengeance. The United States of America, under President

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Speaker 2: Trump's leadership, will never hesitate and never relent to defend

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Speaker 2: our people. Sergeant William Nate Howard twenty nine of Marshalltown

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Speaker 2: returned home in a dignified transfer Wednesday at Dover Air

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Speaker 2: The December thirteenth attack, which took place while a senior

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Speaker 2: US military commander was meeting his Syrian counterparts near Palmyra

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Speaker 2: were told or detainment of more than two dozen ISIS

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Speaker 2: interviews that resulted in the intelligence used for this operation

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Speaker 2: the exact affiliation of the Syrian gunmen who joined the

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Speaker 4: Now, by targeting hundreds of ISIS positions, the retaliation reduced

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Speaker 4: the group's ability to regroup or conduct future large scale operations.

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Speaker 4: The White House has said leaders called the effort a

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Speaker 4: declaration of vengeance. Underlying the attacks on US forces will

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Speaker 4: be met with overwhelming force, which can deter future aggressions.

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Speaker 4: President Trump publicly worn ISIS and broader terrace networks that

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Speaker 4: threats to American would be met with strong and sustained retaliation,

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Speaker 4: reinforcing our resolved. The other part about this attack that's

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Speaker 4: incredible was the precision engagement. US forces reportedly conducted strikes

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Speaker 4: using over one hundred precision munitions, focusing on ISIS logistical

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Speaker 4: and command targets rather than broad assaults. Such target actions

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Speaker 4: militant capabilities. This aligns with the broader US military precision doctrine,

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Speaker 4: minimizing unintended harm and again reinforcing what the President said,

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Speaker 4: this isn't a declaration of war, it's a declaration of

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Speaker 4: vengeance after killing our soldiers.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 4: The operation integrated air assets, helicopter, gunships, rocket artillery, and

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Speaker 4: support from coalition aircraft. Jordanian jets were involved, as well

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Speaker 4: a demonstration of a multi national cooperation specifically against ISIS

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Speaker 4: terras now. These strikes also were meant to send a

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Speaker 4: very clear message to other terrorist organizations around the world

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Speaker 4: act with impunity. By targeting infrastructure, weapons storage sites, and

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Speaker 4: launch points, the campaign actively reduces the ability of ISIS

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Speaker 4: to plan, to coordinate, and to execute attacks in this

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Speaker 4: part of the world. In the region, the campaign reportedly

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Speaker 4: support to military actions. Now beyond Syria, US strikes ordered

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Speaker 4: by President Trump earlier in twenty twenty five targeted ISIS

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Speaker 4: positions in some mid including air strikes that killed dozens

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Speaker 4: of fighters and eliminated key operational commanders, degrading the group's

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Speaker 4: leadership and recruitment capabilities, specifically in Somalia. These actions are

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Speaker 4: part of a continuous campaign, the White House says, to

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Speaker 4: prevent the resurgence of IIS, even after its territorial leaders

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Speaker 4: were defeated, showing long term commitment to global stability, and

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Speaker 4: this goes back to what the President promised. Strong deterrens

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Speaker 4: show that the US has a commitment to retaliate decisively

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Speaker 4: against any terrorist threat. The White House also said, this

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Speaker 4: proves that we are degrading the enemy's capabilities strikes that

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Speaker 4: disrupt ICE's infrastructure and limit the ability to well get

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Speaker 4: back together, to organize, and to attack. The White House

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Speaker 4: also said this precision and professionalism shown by the US

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Speaker 4: advanced technology, advanced tactics, and coordination minimize risk to civilians

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Speaker 4: and they also maximize the impact of killing actual terrorists

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Speaker 4: and then the coalition cooperation which is so important. Marco Rubio,

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Speaker 4: the Secretary of State and others working around the clock

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Speaker 4: to make sure they had partner nations that we're willing

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Speaker 4: to work together on this. It strengthens our security efforts

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Speaker 4: as well in the Middle East. And finally, it is

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Speaker 4: about protecting our US forces. When you kill a man

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Speaker 4: gonna find you, We're gonna hunt you down, and we're

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Speaker 4: gonna kill you. It reinforces the Trump doctrine the US

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Speaker 4: personnel abroad will be defended by whatever means are necessary

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Speaker 4: by the commander in chief. At the end of the day,

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Speaker 4: it's very clear that the President of United States of

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Speaker 4: America meant what he said when he said it is

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Speaker 4: going to be a major response, and it will be

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Speaker 4: one that they will know not to mess with us again.

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Speaker 4: And that's exactly what the present's objective was. Quick Break

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