Partnership which serves as cornerstone of the u. S. Strategic bilateral relationship. Secretary reiterated his heartfelt gratitude to the amirs indespicable and ongoing support to our efforts to continue to get americans in our afghan allies out of afghanistan. Secretary austin shared his vision emphasissing the importance of multilateral efforts and integrated operations with partners like qatar to address threats confronting the region. The combined efforts successfully engaged threat and there were no injuries or casualties. And with that, well take questions. Bob, youre on the line. Bob, are you there . Ok. Nothing heard. Well go in the room. Thats fine. Just to followup on the meeting today between the secretary and emir. The president said welcoming that he will notify the congress about his intent to major ally can you explain the significance of this . How the relationship would be between qatar and u. S. . Certainly, that other i will let other nations speak for itself with q
Benefits of tax cuts of bonuses, higher wages, more hiring in more investment. Its the great corporate pass through. More announcements are likely. Tax cuts showing positive economic results. Democrats are still making some very dubious claims. For example, nancy pelosi says raises taxes on 86 million middleclass families. That is factually wrong. It is dishonest political spin. The left plans a yearlong allout attack like about when you just saw. Investors clearly approve however the tax cuts and what theyll do for economy for wages jobs and investments. Stocks going up this morning. We dont know how the market closes this afternoon, the president and his top economic adviser both talking up the market today. It will open high gear. Later this morning, Congress Holds a tax plan signing ceremony and you will see it. Varney company is about to begin. We will start with this. A white suv plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in melbourne, australia. We want to know who did it and are the au
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