The damaged airfield as syria says nine people were killed, others wounded. The president of the United States addressing the nation. It is in this Vital National security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. Russia condemns the u. S. Attack calling the accusations, quote, trumped up. And vowing to help syria combat more air strikes. While new questions arise this morning, what is the president s end game . And what will syrias leader do next . We got a lot to get through this morning. I want to start with what exactly we know right now about the u. S. Missile strike. The first to target the assad regime during their sixyearlong civil war. All right 8 40 p. M. Eastern last tight, 3 40 a. M. Local, 59 tomahawk missiles fired from u. S. Naval ships in the mediterranean into the shayrat airfield in western syria. Less than an hour and a half later, President Trump spoke to the American People and called for other countries to jo
Renew our hope for peace among nations and joy to the world. On behalf of the entire trump family, we wish everyone a joyous and Merry Christmas and a very happy, happy new year. We begin this hour with a key republican senator feeling, quote, disturbed after Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell promised to work in full coordination with the white house on an impeachment trial. Its been one week since House Democrats voted to impeach President Trump on obstruction of congress and abuse of power, those articles of impeachment still in the hands of House Speaker nancy pelosi. Congress is on a holiday recess leaving the impeachment issue at a full stalemate in washington. Back home in alaska, Lisa Murkowski talks about her reaction after hearing what mcconnell said. She said in fairness when i heard that i was disturbed. To me it means we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. A reminder that senator murkowski is on our list of key senators to watch in th
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On Dec. 23, 2022, President Biden signed the Department of Defense s 2023 budget into law. Using data from the National Defense Authorization Act, Stacker analyzed which defense projects and programs are currently the most expensive.