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>> BRIAN: A FOX NEWS ALERT
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YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIVE VIDEO
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FROM IRAN STATE TV SHOWING MOURN
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ERS, AND IRAN AS THE
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FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR QASSEM
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SOLEIMANI IS HAPPENING
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RIGHT NOW AND PRESIDENT TRUMP
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ISSUING A WARNING TO IRAQ BY THE
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WAY AND IRAN FOLLOWING THREATS
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BY THOSE TWO COUNTRY AGAINST OUR
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COUNTRY.
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>> STEVE: THE PRESIDENT TOLD
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REPORTERS ON AIR FORCE ONE ABOUT
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IRAN.
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"THEY'RE ALLOWED TO KILL OUR
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PEOPLE AND TORTURE OUR PEOPLE
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AND ALLOWED TO USE ROADSIDE
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BOMBS AND BLOW UP OUR PEOPLE AND
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WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH THEIR
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CULTURAL SITE.
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IT DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY."
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AINSLEY: IRAQ'S PARLIAMENT
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VOTING TO REMOVE U.S. TROOPS
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FROM THE COUNTRY.
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THEY SAY THAT THEY WILL FACE
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SANCTIONS AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS
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GO FACE SANCTIONS IF THAT DOES
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HAPPEN SO LET'S BRING IN
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KELLYANNE CONWAY COUNSELOR TO
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THE PRESIDENT, GOOD MORNING TO
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YOU, KELLYANNE.
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>> CORNING.
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AINSLEY: SO WHAT IS YOUR
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REACTION TO THAT OR WHAT'S THE
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PRESIDENT'S REACTION?
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>> WELL THE PRESIDENT KNOWS HE
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WAS ON SOLID GROUND,
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CONSTITUTIONALLY, LEGALLY
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STRATEGICALLY, TO HAVE TAKEN OUT
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ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST-KNOWN
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MOST BLOOD-THIRSTY AND BRUTAL
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TERRORIST AND THE WORLD IS SAFER
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BECAUSE SOLEIMANI IS NOW DEAD.
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THIS PRESIDENT WAITED THREE
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YEARS.
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WE'VE HAD SOLEIMANI IN OUR SIGHT
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S FOR JUST AS LONG AS WE'VE
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BEEN HERE, OBVIOUSLY PREVIOUS
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ADMINISTRATIONS DID AS WELL, BUT
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I'D LIKE TO QUOTE NONE OTHER
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THAN FORMER DHS SECRETARY UNDER
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PRESIDENT OBAMA, JEH JOHNSON WHO
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YESTERDAY SAID THE PRESIDENT AS
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COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HAS AMPLE
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DOMESTIC LEGAL AUTHORITY TO HAVE
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TAKEN THIS LAWFUL MILITARY
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OBJECTIVE TO EXECUTE ON THE
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LAWFUL MILITARY OBJECTIVE AND
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YOU'VE GOT FORMER HEAD OF
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COMMAND AND FORMER CIA DIRECTOR
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YESTERDAY, SAYING THAT YOU
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CANNOT OVERSTATE THE
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SIGNIFICANCE, OF TAKING OUT
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SOLEIMANI AND THAT WHEN HE WAS
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OVER THERE, WITH OUR TROOP, WE
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DIDN'T SEE MUCH OF SOLEIMANI.
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HE'S BEEN MORE BRAZEN AND BEEN
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MORE VISIBLE AND HE GOT CAUGHT
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IN THE ACT.
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HE GOT CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
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WE'VE GOT AMERICANS, LADIES AND
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GENTLEMEN, WE'VE GOT AMERICANS
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WHO HAVE BURIED THEIR SONS AND
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DAUGHTERS, BECAUSE SOLEIMANI HAS
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EXECUTED.
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WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF OTHER
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AMERICANS MAIMED AND INJURED
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SOME DEVASTATINGLY FOR PERMANENT
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INJURIES BECAUSE OF SOLEIMANI SO
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I'M A LITTLE SICK ALREADY OF
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HERO WORSHIP IT SEEMS OF
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SOLEIMANI FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT
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JUST CAN'T GET OVER THE FACT
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THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT CALL BY
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OUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
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>> STEVE: KELLYANNE WHAT DO
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YOU MAKE OF THE FACT THAT WITHIN
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THE LAST 90 MINUTES OR SO
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SENATOR SCHUMER AND MENENDEZ
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HAVE SENT OVER TO THE WHITE
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HOUSE A LETTER TELLING THE
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PRESIDENT TO DECLASSIFY THE WAR
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POWERS AUTHORIZATION LETTER THAT
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HE SENT TO CONGRESS, AND THEY
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SAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO
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KNOW WHAT THE JUSTIFICATION WAS
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FOR PULLING THE TRIGGER ON THAT
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GUY.
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>> THAT'S A PARTISAN ACTION BY
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SCHUMER AND MENENDEZ AND THEY
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KNOW BETTER.
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THEY'VE BEEN IN THE SENATE FOR A
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LONG TIME, FAR TOO LONG FRANKLY
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FOR EACH OF THEM.
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THEY KNOW THAT BEGINNING THIS
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WEEK THERE WILL BE CONGRESSIONAL
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BRIEFINGS, AND THEY'RE NOT
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RESTRICTED.
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I'M INFORMED, TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
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JUST IN THE INTELLIGENCE
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COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
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CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE
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INFORMATION.
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THEY KNOW THAT THE PENTAGON WILL
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BE BRIEFING CONGRESS PRIVATELY
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IN THE DUE COURSE SO THAT'S JUST
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A PARTISAN MOVE AS WAS THEIR
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IMPEACHMENT.
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YOU KNOW WHAT'S BIPARTISAN?
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BIPARTISAN IS THE CREDIT THAT
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THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IS
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GETTING FOR TAKING THIS ACTION
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AGAINST BLOOD-THIRSTY MURDERER
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SOLEIMANI.
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BIPARTISAN IS THE OPPOSITION TO
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THE IMPEACHMENT AND I JUST CAN'T
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BELIEVE THAT EVEN NOW, WHEN I'M
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OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THAT
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FOREIGN POLICY IS SUPPOSED TO
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STOP AT THE PARTISANSHIP,
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FOREIGN POLICY IS SUPPOSED TO BE
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DEVOID OF POLITICS BUT THIS IS A
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TOWN NOW THAT IS SO INCREDIBLY
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PARTISAN WHEN IT COMES TO
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PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEY ARE
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NEGATIVE, AND CRITICAL, EVEN
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WHEN HE'S TAKING OUT A TERRORIST
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, WHO IS CAUGHT IN THE
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ACT TO CONTINUE TO MURDER MORE
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AMERICANS AND THIS PRESIDENT PUT
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A STOP TO THAT.
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>> BRIAN: I WANT YOU TO HEAR
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WHAT THE DEMOCRATS SAID OVER THE
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WEEKEND ESPECIALLY AS NEWS CAME
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OUT ABOUT THE STRIKE ON FRIDAY.
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>> HIS ACTIONS NOW PUT US ON
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THE PATH TO ANOTHER WAR.
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HE'S BEEN ERRATIC AND
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UNSUCCESSFUL IN ALMOST EVERY
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PREVIOUS FOREIGN POLICY ENDEAVOR
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THIS ONE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS
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OF ALL.
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WE ARE NOT SAFER TODAY THAN WE
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WERE BEFORE DONALD TRUMP ACTED.
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>> WE SEEM TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
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WHAT SOLEIMANI WAS TRYING TO DO
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BUT COULDN'T SO IN DEATH HE'S
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ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISHED HIS GOAL.
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>> IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA UNLESS
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YOU'RE READY FOR WHAT COMES NEXT
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>> THIS IS AND WAS AN ENORMOUS
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ESCALATION.
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>> BRIAN: SO THAT'S WHAT THEY
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THINK.
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
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THEY THINK?
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>> WELL WHO CAN BLAME THEM BUT
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I'M NOT GOING TO BE LECTURED BY
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PEOPLE WHO VOTED AFFIRMATIVELY
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TO FORK OVER $130 BILLION IN
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CASH TO IRAN WHICH HELPS TO FUND
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THE FORCE.
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I DON'T THINK IT WENT TO
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WOMEN'S
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FREEDOM AND LIBERATION IN IRAN
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DO YOU?
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AND SO I'M NOT LECTURED BY THEM
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AND CERTAINLY BY PEOPLE WHO ARE
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WEAK ON FOREIGN POLICY LIKE
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BERNIE SANDERS AND ELIZABETH
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WARREN.
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I MEAN SHE WAS RIDICULOUS
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YESTERDAY IN TERMS OF THE
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PROJECTING WEAKNESS, SHE JUST
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WANTS THIS COUNTRY TO BE WEAK
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WHEN IT COMES TO FOREIGN POLICY.
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>> BRIAN: SHE SAYS THE
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PRESIDENT WANTED TO TAKE
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IMPEACHMENT OFF THE TABLE.
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>> IT GIVES NO CREDIBILITY.
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IF YOU'RE ELIZABETH WARREN AND
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SINKING IN THE POLLS AND
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FUNDRAISING AND SOMEBODY WAS THE
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MAYOR OF A SMALL MIDWESTERN TOWN
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AND YOU'RE LOSING TO BERNIE
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SANDERS, YOUR CO-SOCIALISTIC, TO
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A VICE PRESIDENT WHO SHOULD BE
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FORCED TO EAT THE CHAOS AND THE
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IRANIAN POLICY, THAT WE
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INHERITED AND IS OUT THERE
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LECTURING HOW IT ESCALATED I'M
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WITH FORMER CIA DIRECTOR AND
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DEFENSE SECRETARY BOB GATES, HE
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SAYS VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS
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BEEN ON THE WRONG SIDE OF MAJOR
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FOREIGN POLICY DECISIONS FOR
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DECADES AND HE'S CERTAINLY ON
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THE WRONG SIDE OF THE IRANIAN
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ONES AND SECRETARY POMPEO IS
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ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
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WE'RE CLEANING UP THE MESS WE
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INHERITED BUT PART OF THAT IS
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ALLOWING PEOPLE LIKE SOLEIMANI
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TO REIGN FREE, AND TO EXECUTE
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HIS REIGN ON TERROR, NOT JUST ON
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AMERICANS BUT ON OTHERS AND
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THAT'S WHY THIS PRESIDENT HAS
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SPOKEN WITH BORIS JOHNSON, WITH
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EMMANUEL MACRON MORE RECENTLY,
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SECRETARY POMPEO ANNOUNCED HE
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WOULD LIKE MORE HELP FROM OUR
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ALLIES IN EUROPE BUT THIS IS
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HELPFUL TO THE ENTIRE WORLD AND
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I'M DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT
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SURPRISED THE DEMOCRATS WHO SEE
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IN THIS MOMENT OF SOLEIMANI'S
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DEATH SOME KIND OF PARTISAN
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POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM,
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BUT I THINK IT DOESN'T PLAY WELL
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WITH AMERICANS AND THEY SEE THAT
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SOLEIMANI ARE NOW WHERE THEY
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BELONG AND THEY CAN NO LONGER
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KILL AMERICANS AND OTHER PEOPLE
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AROUND THE WORLD.
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>> BRIAN: THEY CALL THEM WEAK
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AFTER THE EMBASSY RAID, AND NOW
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THEY ARE CALLING HIM WRECKLESS
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AFTER THE SOLEIMANI STRIKE.
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IT'S LIKE YOU CAN'T WIN.
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>> AND PROTOTYPE PRESIDENT
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DOESN'T HAVE A STRATEGY.
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NUMBER ONE, YOU'LL FORK OVER
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BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF CASH.
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THAT WAS A POSITION OF WEAKNESS
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AND APPEASEMENT AND THAT IS A
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DISGRACE AND WE'RE CLEANING UP
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FOR THAT THAT'S THE OBAMA/BIDEN
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POLICY.
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NUMBER TWO IS WE'VE GOT
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SANCTIONS ON IRAN, AND ALSO THE
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OTHER STRATEGY IS YOU TAKE OUT