Hello. Welcome to the program. Im adrian finnegan. Conflict has returned once again to ac, up at this time. And im one of the 2nd largest region in the country. Many um how does say that theyve been sidelined by the government and that is how about which is dominated by the a robo ethnic group. Local rebels in amada, known as follow, help the government and its 2 year war and they bring to gripe. Now though theyve taken up arms against the ministry, the rebels have been in ton accused of trying to over throw the government. The nations intelligence chief condemned the group. Im calling on them to stop fighting, or im not i some of my friends, its a full suspended, scratching a problem by being led with the intention and goal of dismantling the regional government. And then going after the federal government. I called upon anyone included in this, in full organization of bandits, to refrain from this path of self destruction immediately and come to a peaceful solution. The National Defe
Today, President Biden is set to leave washington on a highstakes trip to israel as this war with hamas intensifies and the humanitarian crisis in gaza escalates. President under growing pressure to get critical aid to millions of civilians in gaza and also supporting israel and trying to save american hostages held captive by the hamas terror group. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. The president will hear from israel how it will conduct its operations in way that minimizing civilian casualties and allows humanitarian to flow to citizens in gaza. Its critical that aid begin flowing into gaza as soon as possible. The Israeli Military says bidens visit will not delay its planning for that potential Ground Operation into the gaza strip. Final humanitarian aid has been piling up at the Border Crossing in egypt which remains closed. The World Health Organization is now warning that water is running out for Hundreds Of Thousands of displaced
Out of the last cr vote that ultimately will see an increase on defense spending, that budget caps would be lifted. What message do you have for leadership as far as breaking the impass and getting to a larger deal to fund the federal government . Sen. Inhoff but we have to do is get away from these crs. When i started it was understood we would have appropriation bills. We have 12 appropriation bills and we have not quite frankly there is a partisan elements of this. We have tried to pass them out and we cant get them on the floor. As you know, a minority can block them from coming up on the floor. As far as the one that has to pass, it is the for our national one defense. We have to get past the budget caps. We have to get i will give you an example. If we dont do anything as it is right now when we pass the authorization bill for the military, its at 700 billion. If for some reason we cant get beyond the caps and we have to go to a strict cr, thats going to go down to 549 billion an
Guest we heard earlier today from senator cornyn that we should expect at least two more crs. There was some optimism coming out of the last cr vote that ultimately will see an increase on defense spending that budget caps would be lifted. What message douf for leadership as far as breaking the impass and getting to a larger deal to fund the federal overnment . What we have to do, it was understood we were going to have appropriation bills. We have 12 appropriation bills and we have frankly theres a partisan element to this because we have tried to pass them out and we cant get them on the floor. As you know a minority can block them from coming up on the floor. The one that has to pass is the one for our National Defense. We have to get past the budget caps. Give an example. If we dont do anything as it is right now when we pass the authorization bill for the military its at 700 billion. If for some reason we cant get beyond the caps and we have to go to a strict cr thats going to go
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