those who administer our elections, and ensure our safe travel, teach our children, report the news, represent our constituents and keep our communities safe. these threats of violence are unacceptable. they threaten the fabric of our democracy. over the past several years, the justice department has dedicated itself to combatting these threats. we re meeting today to determine how we can double down on the efforts in the new year. before beginning our meeting, i want to take a moment to recognize that tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol. for our country, january 6th was an unprecedented attack on the cornerstone of our system of government. the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next. for many of the law enforcement officers defending the capitol on that day, january 6th was
ones who are grieving for the five officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty as a result of what happened to them on january 6th. we must never forget the terrible violence inflicted on law enforcement officers on january 6th. since the january 6th attack, the justice department has engaged in what has become one of the largest and most complex and resource intensive investigations in our history. we have initiated prosecutions and secured convictions across a wide range of criminal conduct on january 6th, as well as in the days and weeks leading up to the attack. we have secured convictions of those who brutally assaulted officers at capitol. we have secured convictions against those who obstructed the certification of the presidential election. we have secured convictions of leaders of both the proud boys and the oath keepers for seditious conspiracy.
killing an iranian-backed proxy leader in iraq, just yesterday. are we seeing an escalation? is the conflict already broadening? so, first of all, thanks for having me on. i would say at this point the conflict is not escalating, because the strikes that israel has taken, that we have taken, and the strikes that the proxies have taken are all kind of the same level. so our reaction to the strikes on u.s. forces in iraq and in syria have been proportionate and they have been targeted. so, again, that s not escalatory, because escalatory would be obviously a larger attack against a larger number of targets or bigger target. so that hasn t happened. but i think we are probably, you know, judging by the fact that the secretary is flying back to the region on high alert and very concerned about this
spread. i will say one thing that was interesting this week, that dual explosion, the two explosions that happened almost simultaneously in iran, because that is likely an isis or at least a suni terrorist, you know, attack, and that means it is a warning to iran that they can t get away with all these proxy attacks and everything that they re doing, you know, to assert their dominance if you will. they have enemies and their enemies are striking back as well. the state department spokesman matt miller says not every conversation is going to be easy during secretary blinken s trip to the region. what do you see as blinken s top objectives, diplomatically, as he begins these meetings? yeah, i mean, diplomatically his top objective has to be telling israel, you know, you just did a whole segment on what is happening in gaza. his top priority has to be telling israel to move the conflict there, the military
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