america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: the pressure has been building on the biden administration to respond to one of tehran s many proxies in the middle east, houthis are just one of them. since mid november the houthis have been attacking ships in the red sea with impunity until now. the underlying question will iran, which backs the houthis, get this message? it s a bit ironic coming from a houthi spokesperson giving they are using the words brutal aggression after we ve seen 20 attacks from houthis against international commercial ships, u.s. vessels and others in an area like the red sea that sees 15% of the world s commerce roll through it. last night what you saw was the united states in a coalition take action against the houthis that have launched repeated strikes against the international flow of commerce that we see on a daily basis. dana: team coverage, former centcom spokesman on the military challenges and mike tobin on how all this is impacting oil
of the climate czar, john k kerry s office. take a look at what we re learning . turns out his office pays staff $4.3 million in salaries each year. highest salary listed is $186,680 per year. median salary $170,000 per year. what s notably missing from the document are the names of any of his staffer. the titles of eight of his top aides and kerry s own salary. the state department tells us in deciding to withhold this information, they, quote, determine that the privacy interests clearly outweigh any public interest in disclosure of the personal information. consequently release would result in reasonably foreseeable harm. at a hearing in july kerry was hesitant to disclose the details pressed by congressional regulators . take a listen. i would love to know the
names of the individuals that actually answer to you. who are the ones that directly answer to you so we can know a little bit about your office? i m not going to fill them in here in this way because that would be a violation of our process within the state department. i won t go through them by name. that is not the required process of the state department. kerry said in the same hearing that he reports directly to president biden despite being technically underneath secretary of state antony blinken. the boston herald found out the state department says they won t provide the full information being requested until october. that s nine months from now. one month before the election. bill: really interesting report, gillian. he is off the grid. now we need to figure out his airfare because that s up there, too. gillian turner, thank you, state department with that. thanks, dana. dana: a new scandal at espn. the network submitted fake names
you know how much money they have now? about half of the ships in the ghost armada fly the flag of panama. they demanded the state department put pressure on panama to defund smuggling ships. iran has to go through so many ships to avoid sanctions it only sees a fraction of its oil revenue. dana: let s bring in former centcom spokesman. one of the things the pentagon needs is support from the state department and the treasury department. as we ve been pointing out there is $10 billion in sanctions waiver for iran remaining in effect. iran s oil shipments to china have been green lighted. no snap back of the u.n. sanctions on iran and no known strikes against a ship the iranians are using to pass intel to the houthis. do you expect much more to come and more broadly from the administration, not just the
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