Congress that would authorize military force to target Mexican Cartels and the consequences of military intervention in mexico. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is justin logan, i am the director of defense and Foreign Policy here at cato. It is my pleasure to welcome you to this form of this uncommonly, wonderful sunny august afternoon in washington to our forum on proposals for using u. S. Military at the border and counter fentanyl. You are going to hear a lot of reasons this afternoon why proposals for using u. S. Military in and around mexico to counter fentanyl is a bad idea. But, i think it is important to state at the outset there is a real underlying crisis happening in the United States vis vis fentanyl. Overdose death or precise data on Overdose Deaths are hard to come by. But, as near as we can tell somewhere on the order between 60 and 80,000 americans per year last year in 2022 anyway, are dying of fentanyl related overdoses. Provisional data from the cdc, for example, s
Greg yes yes of course of course, youre happy you should be happy happy monday everyone lets get started okay . Social media users speculating that a video of President Biden shows him pooping himself. Well at least he stands for something. [laughter] the Biden Campaign has announced plans to shorten the president s speeches. Is part of a bigger plan to make the most of what little time joe has left. [laughter] the judge overseeing Donald Trumps trail has once again cited him for current temps for making a gag order and threaten him with jail time. I would like to see that karabela from india jail. In a week hell be selling drunk trump branded shavs. [laughter] and al bye at least five or mack this weekend trump appeared on stage alongside lightly likely be be contenders at maralago. Kristy nguyen would have been there on time but she said her dog ate her plane ticket. [crowd groans] the publisher of her upcoming book has announced it will remove the story about her meeting north Korea
Step against hamas at this hour. The idf confirms it has taken over control of the gaza side of the rafah border crossing. It connects the war torn territory to egypt. Officials say the operation was very precise and very limited, and say it was only in specific areas of eastern rafah. This is the first significant military action israel has taken in that part of the enclave, where more than a million palestinians are taking refuge. Israel claims the gaza side of the crossing was being used for terror activity. The idf says hamas fired mortars toward israels border from the area of the crossing over the weekend. Four idf soldiers were killed, several others were hurt. Israel says the operation is not yet over. 20 hamas militants were reportedly killed today while israel was taking control of the gaza side of the crossing. Three Terror Shafts were also apparently found in the area, and many questions still remain right now. And right now, its not clear if humanitarian aid is still being
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