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All right , good afternoon . Everyone . 

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I know it's surprising , but uh you got 

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quite a bit to cover today . So I'm 

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gonna jump right in and I'll get to 

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your questions . Uh Earlier today , the 

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Department's Office of Strategic 

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Capital announced the release of its 

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first investment strategy . Secretary , 

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Austin launched the Office of Strategic 

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Capital in December 2022 to attract and 

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national security . The investment 

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strategy identifies priority component 

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technology industries and describes how 

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the OS C will catalyze private 

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investment in these industries . It 

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presents a guiding framework for OS E 

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programs to complement existing 

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Department of Defense and us government 

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programs and to read more . I'd ask you 

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to visit the department's website . 

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Additionally , the department publicly 

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released today , the first volume of 

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the All Domain anomaly resolution 

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office's historical record report which 

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reviews the record of us government 

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pertaining to unidentified anomalous 

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phenomena or UAP . In completing this 

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report , arrow reviewed classified and 

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unclassified archives dating back to 

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1945 conducted dozens of interviews 

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and partnered with officials across the 

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dod and the interagency to date arrow 

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has found no verifiable evidence for 

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claims that the US government or 

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private companies have access to or 

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have been reverse engineering , 

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extraterrestrial technology . Arrow has 

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found no evidence that any us 

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government investigation academic 

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sponsored research or official review 

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panel has confirmed that any sighting 

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of a UAP represented extra terrestrial 

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technology . You can read the 

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unclassified version of the historical 

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record report volume one on defense.gov 

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in other announcements . As many of you 

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Secretary Austin has prioritized the 

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development and rapid fielding of 

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capabilities to counter the urgent and 

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growing threat posed by un crude 

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weapons systems . This week , the 

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secretary directed the establishment of 

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a warfighter senior integration group 

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to focus department wide efforts to 

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address this urgent operational 

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challenge . This warfighter sig will 

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bring together the the department's 

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senior most leaders to drive solutions 

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that support us war fighters throughout 

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our combatant commands . The group will 

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help identify needed capabilities and 

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associated solutions for rapidly 

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delivering across all domains with near 

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term focus on countering un crude 

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aerial systems as evidenced by the 

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successes of other war fighter sig such 

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as those for Iraq , Syria and 

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Afghanistan , as well as the SIG . 

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Ukraine stood up in 2022 . The 

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establishment of this new war fighter 

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sig will bring the cross department 

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attention and speed the threat . Now 

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demands we look forward to the action . 

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This form will drive and where possible 

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coming months . Separately I have an 

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update on the V 20 two's return to 

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grounding . The decision followed a 

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investigation which identified the 

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material failure that led to the mishap . 

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services to conduct a thorough review 

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operations . I would refer you to NAV 

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additional information . Uh We do want 

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to express again our condolences to the 

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family members and loved ones of the 

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eight airmen we lost in the November CV 

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22 tragedy in Japan will not forget 

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those service members as we apply 

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lessons learned from that day . And our 

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nation's service members and their 

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families make extraordinary sacrifices 

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to safeguard our freedom and our 

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security . And in return , we owe them 

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an unwavering commitment to their 

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safety and well being shifting gears to 

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the Middle East . US Central Command 

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forces conducted their fourth airdrop 

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delivered 11,500 meals today , bringing 

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provide life saving humanitarian 

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assistance to the people of Gaza and 

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are part of a sustained effort to get 

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more aid into Gaza . Of note , press 

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reports that us airdrops resulted in 

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sustaining and expanding assistance 

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Department of Defense will undertake an 

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emergency mission to establish a 

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temporary peer in Gaza working 

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alongside like minded countries and 

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partners now provide an overview of the 

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concept and then we'll be happy to take 

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your questions . We can ask our control 

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room to post the diagram we have on 

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this now to carry out this mission . 

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shore capability to provide the 

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expeditionary peer and expeditionary 

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humanitarian assistance to Gaza J Lots 

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the Department of Defense whereby US 

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army and US navy forces are organized , 

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unavailable . Simply put , they'll 

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deliveries via J lots could provide 

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right . A bunch of questions on J Lots . 

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pair that looks like it's going on to a 

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beach and the dock . Are you saying 

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that there'll be a dock offshore and 

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there'll be a separate pair of these 

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two different structures or is it just 

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one structure ? Yeah . Thanks Tara . So , 

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um going to uh achieve a lifelong dream 

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here and , and use a laser pointer from 

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the podium . So let me uh just kind of 

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concept with the caveat that we're 

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still conducting uh planning uh on this . 

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have aid , that aid will be offloaded 

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uh onto the floating pier . Uh and then 

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two lane uh and then transported onto 

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putting forces on the ground uh is due 

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sea uh and then essentially driven into 

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end of that uh and to work through the 

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security details . Uh But at no time , 

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will we require us forces to actually 

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go on the ground ? And so then uh you 

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where aid can be uh loaded onto ships . 

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support vessels transported over to the 

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transported into Gaza . The other 

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only via the logistics support vessels 

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the floating causeway and then just two 

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this pier such as no one can leave 

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discuss the actual aid distribution 

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piece . Uh you know to be clear , it 

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are transporting the aid off of the 

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causeway into Gaza . Our role will be 

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essentially to provide the service of 

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getting it to the causeway at which 

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point it will be then distributed . I 

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know this is a new idea . But what I 

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meant on the restrictions is , is 

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Israel putting any restrictions on what 

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can come through this pier . I'm not , 

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I'm not tracking any . Let me go to 

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fill . So , can you help me understand 

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how is it that the military is gonna 

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build this causeway going to shore but 

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never get off onto the beach to drive 

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it into the ground for starters . Yeah . 

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So again , if you , if you look at the 

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uh the causeway here , uh again , 

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that's built out at sea , uh And then 

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essentially just imagine , you know , 

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pushing it uh propelling it into the 

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shore . Um And once it's ashore , it's 

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anchored , uh it's anchored on the 

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shore . And again , we'll be working 

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with regional partners to , to conduct 

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that aspect . But no , us forces will 

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get off of it . You know what I'm 

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saying ? That US forces are the ones 

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who anchor it , right ? But you're the 

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restriction where you won't do it , 

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someone else will anchor it . That's 

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correct . And is Israel uh would be uh 

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asked to provide immediate security . 

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Um But you had suggested there might be 

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other partners . Again , we're working 

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through the coordinations and planning 

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of this right now , working with 

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partners in the region to include 

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Israel uh in terms of who will provide 

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the , the specific security . Again , 

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we'll have more details to provide in 

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the future . Uh But that is the , the 

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concept , it's Israel's decision , but 

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who provides security or is it ? Well , 

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we're working with uh partners in the 

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region . I'll just keep it that broad 

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at this point , Louis . Um Can you tell 

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us how large of a deployment this will 

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be for , you know , all the components 

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of J LO S , how long it will take them 

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to begin operating ? How long will it 

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take them to transit uh to this 

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location ? And in addition to the 

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ground security element , will there be 

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a maritime security element for all of 

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the forces that will be located 

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offshore ? Yeah . So on , on your first 

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question , um we anticipate that it'll 

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take uh over 1000 us forces uh 

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to participate uh in , in uh 

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building this capability . Uh As far as 

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time frame , as I mentioned , several 

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weeks , uh likely up to 60 days in 

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order to deploy the forces uh and uh 

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construct the uh the causeway and the , 

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and the pier . Um But again , we're 

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starting immediately in terms of 

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putting things into motion on , on that 

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front . Uh And then as far as security 

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goes for opsec reasons , I'm not gonna 

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get into spec specifics other than to 

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say , security uh is taken into account 

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for these capabilities . Uh And so 

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that's something that we , of course 

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will , will provide for our forces that 

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you're talking about partner nations on 

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the ground , but you're talking about 

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operational security , you can't 

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discuss what will be on the maritime . 

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Is that correct ? Right . I mean , we 

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will this , these forces will have the 

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capability to provide some uh organic 

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uh security . I'm just not going to get 

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into the specifics of that Jennifer . 

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Um Pat , how much will this cost ? And 

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if Israel is going to be engaged in the 

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security on land , why not just open 

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the existing , there are ports just 

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north of Gaza , Ashdod Ashkelon and 

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there are entrances into Gaza , why not 

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just use those existing ports and have 

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Israel look at what's going through and 

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bring it in . It seems like this is a 

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lot of work for 60 days out when there 

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are people starving frankly . Yeah . 

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Well , as I highlighted at the top , I 

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mean , this is part of a full court 

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press by the United States to not only 

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focus on working on opening up and 

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expanding routes via land , which of 

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course are the the optimal way to get 

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aid into Gaza but also by conducting 

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airdrops . And now as the president has 

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said , not enough aid is getting in . 

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And so this is a capability that we 

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have . It's a capability that we uh are 

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going to execute and enable us to get . 

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Like as I said , upwards of 2 million 

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uh meals in a day . And why was the 

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latest airdrop ? So small 11,000 meals ? 

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Look , these are going to vary over 

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time just depending on the the mission 

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and the aircraft that are available . 

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Uh So you , you will see those continue 

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to fluctuate I could on the UFO report . 

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Um This is an internal investigation 

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required by Congress . Why will 

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Americans believe that the Pentagon has 

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investigated itself and found that 

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there's no evidence of alien life . 

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Well , look , the uh the AERO office 

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used a very rigorous uh analytical 

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scientific approach to investigate all 

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past us government efforts , all claims 

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by interviewees . Uh they were granted 

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access at the highest levels to all 

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information . No , none of the agencies 

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that they spoke with um prevented them 

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from getting any of the information 

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that they needed to do . Uh We 

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understand that this is something that 

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is uh you know , of great interest to a 

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significant number of people and 

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organizations . Uh And so they took 

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this very seriously . Uh they followed 

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the evidence wherever it led them . Uh 

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And you know , I think the results 

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speak for itself . Yeah , thank you . 

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You had uh said that reports that an 

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airdrop over Gaza had killed people are 

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false . How did dod determine that it's 

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uh food drops all ended safely and 

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is dod using C seventeens at all or is 

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it just using C one thirties ? We have 

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only used C one thirties for air drops . 

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Um And in terms of this particular 

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airdrop , I would just note that the , 

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the data minor alert that went out on , 

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this was five minutes before the 

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airdrop actually occurred . So pretty 

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confident that it wasn't us and we also 

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maintain the capability to observe our 

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bundles actually hitting the ground . 

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Do you know , was anyone actually 

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killed ? The Gaza Health Ministry is 

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saying five people are killed . Is this 

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something dey can confirm ? I cannot . 

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Thanks . Thank you . Um So on , uh on 

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the , on the pier , it seems like 

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you're taking no boots on the ground 

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awfully literally , since they will be , 

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the troops will be pretty close , 

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they'll be in the water surrounding 

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Gaza , right ? So how far exactly , how 

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far will they actually be from the 

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shore ? I I don't have a foot count for 

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you , but again , they're not gonna go 

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on the shore is the bottom line . It 

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seems awfully literal . Um And also is 

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it , is it actually service members 

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that are going to be constructing the 

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pier or is it contractors ? Uh This is 

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a us military capability . So , uh 

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again , you know , we'll have much more 

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detail to , to provide . Um But as I 

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mentioned at the top here , uh the 

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Seventh Transportation Brigade 

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expeditionary maintains this capability . 

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And so there , there will be an active 

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uh military component to it and then 

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really quickly just on , on the 

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situation in Haiti . Can you provide 

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any information on what kind of support 

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do you d is lending to , to the 

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situation there ? Um So what I can tell 

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you , Lara is uh we're exploring 

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contingency options to ensure the 

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security of our personnel at the 

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embassy . No decisions have been made 

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at this time . Uh about potential 

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deployments . I know there's been some 

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press reports about a fleet 

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antiterrorism security team . What I 

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can tell you is that dod will not send 

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troops to Haiti to support Haitian 

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National Police security operations . 

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We have no intention of intervening uh 

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and we are not providing assistance to 

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help the Prime Minister return to Haiti 

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at this time , Constantine . Um When 

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was the on , on J Lo uh when was the 

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last time this system was used in an 

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operation setting ? Uh The , the last 

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uh employment was uh last year as part 

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of uh exercise , Talisman Saber . Uh So 

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uh relatively recently . And I mean , 

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can you speak at all as to what the dod 

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is assessing our risks to this plan or 

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points of concern ? Um Well , I don't , 

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I don't wanna get into , you know , 

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potential vulnerabilities , obviously , 

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a complex operation here , all of 

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things that we're gonna work through . 

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I think the , the key aspect here is 

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that again , we're working alongside uh 

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partners and allies in the region uh as 

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well as NGO S to , to help implement 

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this . Um But certainly one of the key 

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things that we're gonna be focused on 

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is the security of our personnel uh and 

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also working uh with partners in the 

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region to ensure that aid that is 

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delivered , can , can be distributed in 

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a safe and secure way . Thank you , 

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John . Thank you , General . Um You've 

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been supporting Israel from the 

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beginning unconditionally , what is the 

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exact um disagreement uh that makes you 

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to drop aid and send it by sea instead 

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of sending them through the land uh 

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since it's the same operation and it 

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has the same security concerns . I mean , 

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if they trust you with the help that 

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you are sending to them uh through the 

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sea and air , why don't they let them 

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just go through the uh border again ? 

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I'm not going to speak for Israel as 

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I've highlighted . Uh and the president 

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has said not enough aid is getting into 

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Gaza . We continue to speak with our 

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Israeli partners and others in the 

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region about increasing the number of 

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uh options for aid to get into Gaza via 

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land . Um But we're also not gonna wait 

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around . And so this is why you see us 

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doing airdrops and this is why you see 

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us now implementing this capability . 

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Thank you . Let me go over to Nancy and 

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then I'll go to the phone . Um uh how 

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much will the mission cost and who will 

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command it ? Uh Nancy , I don't have a 

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cost estimate right now . Again , that 

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that's something we can come back to 

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you on . Um This will be uh operated 

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under the command and control of 

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central command . Again , we'll have 

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more details in terms of the specific C 

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two who will be sort of on who will be 

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the commander on the ground rather than 

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the combatant commander . I , I don't 

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have that for you right now . But again , 

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we'll keep you updated . You , you said 

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60 days . And I'm trying to understand 

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is that 60 days from when all these 

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issues are sorted out or is it 60 days 

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from now ? And um 

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conservatively , uh Gaza needs 6.6 

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million meals a day . US provided 

544
00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,979
11,500 . It's a gap . Um And I wanna 

545
00:21:00,989 --> 00:21:02,933
know if there's any sort of effort 

546
00:21:02,933 --> 00:21:04,933
between now and when this period is 

547
00:21:04,933 --> 00:21:07,550
built to increase the amount of um aid 

548
00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,671
going into Israel through these kinds 

549
00:21:09,671 --> 00:21:12,859
of military operations . Um Given that 

550
00:21:12,869 --> 00:21:16,310
the need is imminent and um that many 

551
00:21:16,319 --> 00:21:19,290
will not cannot survive 60 days at this 

552
00:21:19,300 --> 00:21:23,079
clip of true . Yeah , I mean , to your 

553
00:21:23,089 --> 00:21:25,619
point , I mean , it is dire urgent need . 

554
00:21:25,630 --> 00:21:28,199
Uh which is why you see the department 

555
00:21:28,209 --> 00:21:30,320
contributing in this way as part of a 

556
00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,542
part of a broader overall us government 

557
00:21:32,542 --> 00:21:34,542
effort and part of an international 

558
00:21:34,542 --> 00:21:36,765
effort uh as we highlighted in our read 

559
00:21:36,765 --> 00:21:38,653
out last night . Uh and Secretary 

560
00:21:38,653 --> 00:21:40,765
Austin's call with Minister Gallant , 

561
00:21:40,765 --> 00:21:42,876
part of the discussion was looking at 

562
00:21:42,876 --> 00:21:44,987
increasing the aid routes into Gaza . 

563
00:21:44,987 --> 00:21:47,209
And so those conversations continue not 

564
00:21:47,209 --> 00:21:49,320
only at the Department of Defense but 

565
00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:51,542
also the Department of State and USA ID 

566
00:21:51,542 --> 00:21:53,598
of course , is leading the charge on 

567
00:21:53,598 --> 00:21:55,765
that front . We want to see the amount 

568
00:21:55,765 --> 00:21:57,487
of aid going via land increase 

569
00:21:57,487 --> 00:21:59,542
significantly and we understand that 

570
00:21:59,542 --> 00:22:01,709
that is the the most viable way to get 

571
00:22:01,709 --> 00:22:03,709
aid in . But in the meantime , as I 

572
00:22:03,709 --> 00:22:03,439
highlighted , we're not gonna wait 

573
00:22:03,449 --> 00:22:05,393
around , we have the capability to 

574
00:22:05,393 --> 00:22:07,393
conduct this via airdrops and we're 

575
00:22:07,393 --> 00:22:09,660
doing that . Uh And uh uh I'm certain 

576
00:22:09,670 --> 00:22:12,030
that every single bit of aid helps and 

577
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,929
it's saving someone's life on the 

578
00:22:13,929 --> 00:22:15,762
ground . Uh This will be another 

579
00:22:15,762 --> 00:22:17,873
capability that will allow us to work 

580
00:22:17,873 --> 00:22:20,096
with the international community to get 

581
00:22:20,096 --> 00:22:22,262
additional aid in . But if I'm hearing 

582
00:22:22,262 --> 00:22:21,579
you correctly , there won't be a major 

583
00:22:21,589 --> 00:22:23,422
change in the number of airdrops 

584
00:22:23,422 --> 00:22:25,589
between now and when that appear would 

585
00:22:25,589 --> 00:22:27,589
be completed . So I'm not gonna get 

586
00:22:27,589 --> 00:22:29,811
into the specifics on timing other than 

587
00:22:29,811 --> 00:22:31,867
to say that , you know , we're gonna 

588
00:22:31,867 --> 00:22:31,550
continue to do this for as long as it , 

589
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,910
we're , we're able to uh again 

590
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,770
recognizing that there are other 

591
00:22:35,780 --> 00:22:38,170
avenues that , that uh will enable us 

592
00:22:38,180 --> 00:22:40,291
to get more aid in more quickly . Let 

593
00:22:40,291 --> 00:22:42,402
me go to the phone and I'll come back 

594
00:22:42,402 --> 00:22:44,513
to the room here , Helene Cooper from 

595
00:22:44,513 --> 00:22:47,449
New York Times . Hi , uh uh Phil 

596
00:22:47,459 --> 00:22:49,681
already asked my question . Thank you . 

597
00:22:49,681 --> 00:22:52,609
Excellent , Tom . Thank you . Um Just 

598
00:22:52,619 --> 00:22:54,675
to clarify a little bit more on , on 

599
00:22:54,675 --> 00:22:56,709
this , this floating p so does this 

600
00:22:56,719 --> 00:22:59,640
mean that there will be no food 

601
00:22:59,650 --> 00:23:02,099
deliveries by sea at all for at least 

602
00:23:02,109 --> 00:23:05,959
60 days uh led by , you know , 

603
00:23:05,969 --> 00:23:08,136
the European Union . And so this whole 

604
00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:10,358
multinational approach , the first time 

605
00:23:10,358 --> 00:23:12,413
we'll see any aid going to the shore 

606
00:23:12,413 --> 00:23:14,636
will be in a maximum 60 days . So Tom , 

607
00:23:14,636 --> 00:23:16,802
I can only speak for the US Department 

608
00:23:16,802 --> 00:23:18,525
of Defense and this particular 

609
00:23:18,525 --> 00:23:20,469
capability as you highlight , I am 

610
00:23:20,469 --> 00:23:23,310
aware that there's uh a European effort 

611
00:23:23,319 --> 00:23:25,375
uh that for free to them in terms of 

612
00:23:25,375 --> 00:23:27,597
their timelines and their mechanisms by 

613
00:23:27,597 --> 00:23:29,763
which they're looking to deliver aid . 

614
00:23:29,763 --> 00:23:31,986
What I'm talking to is the specifics as 

615
00:23:31,986 --> 00:23:33,986
it relates to the temporary peer uh 

616
00:23:33,986 --> 00:23:35,989
that dod has been tasked to , to 

617
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,939
support part of those international 

618
00:23:38,949 --> 00:23:41,310
efforts . So on that front again , I'd 

619
00:23:41,319 --> 00:23:43,699
I'd refer you to USA ID State 

620
00:23:43,709 --> 00:23:46,339
Department . Um I'm I'm only gonna talk 

621
00:23:46,349 --> 00:23:48,790
to the dod aspects of it right now 

622
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,022
because I just don't have those details 

623
00:23:51,089 --> 00:23:53,200
about the food coming in , like who's 

624
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,200
gonna be providing that and putting 

625
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,367
that on to the ships , which will then 

626
00:23:57,367 --> 00:23:57,319
go to the floating pier again , much 

627
00:23:57,329 --> 00:23:59,662
more to follow . But as I understand it , 

628
00:23:59,662 --> 00:24:01,496
uh you know , this is part of an 

629
00:24:01,496 --> 00:24:03,329
international effort , you saw a 

630
00:24:03,329 --> 00:24:05,440
statement come out earlier today from 

631
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,496
multiple nations um in terms of , of 

632
00:24:07,496 --> 00:24:09,718
how this could work . Uh And so we will 

633
00:24:09,718 --> 00:24:11,885
be a part of that effort . Our role in 

634
00:24:11,885 --> 00:24:14,051
this is gonna be helping to facilitate 

635
00:24:14,051 --> 00:24:16,273
the delivery of that aid uh into Gaza . 

636
00:24:16,709 --> 00:24:20,119
Yes , sir . Are you saying that 

637
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:24,569
people just not by us ? Look , I 

638
00:24:24,579 --> 00:24:27,010
can't confirm those deaths . I've seen 

639
00:24:27,020 --> 00:24:29,187
those press reports . What I'm telling 

640
00:24:29,187 --> 00:24:31,187
you is that the reports that the us 

641
00:24:31,187 --> 00:24:33,353
that our airdrops were responsible for 

642
00:24:33,353 --> 00:24:35,409
any deaths are false . We were not , 

643
00:24:35,739 --> 00:24:37,628
we've seen pictures of plummeting 

644
00:24:37,628 --> 00:24:39,795
packages to the ground . I mean , were 

645
00:24:39,795 --> 00:24:41,660
those yours ? They were not on 

646
00:24:41,670 --> 00:24:44,010
distribution who will distribute the 

647
00:24:44,020 --> 00:24:46,339
aid once it is has gone off 

648
00:24:48,670 --> 00:24:50,890
again . As I highlighted at the top , 

649
00:24:50,900 --> 00:24:53,233
we are talking with allies and partners , 

650
00:24:53,233 --> 00:24:55,640
the United Nations and other NGO S 

651
00:24:55,910 --> 00:24:58,369
involved in humanitarian assistance in 

652
00:24:58,380 --> 00:25:00,602
terms of how that process will work and 

653
00:25:00,602 --> 00:25:02,824
how that aid will be distributed . Have 

654
00:25:02,824 --> 00:25:04,658
you received assurances from the 

655
00:25:04,658 --> 00:25:06,824
Israelis that they will look fire upon 

656
00:25:06,824 --> 00:25:08,936
Palestinians as they seek to retrieve 

657
00:25:08,936 --> 00:25:10,991
the aid ? Look , we , you know , our 

658
00:25:10,991 --> 00:25:10,900
focus is on delivering the aid . I'm 

659
00:25:10,910 --> 00:25:13,021
not going to speak for the Israelis . 

660
00:25:13,021 --> 00:25:15,132
Obviously , the focus is to make sure 

661
00:25:15,132 --> 00:25:18,839
that the Thank you . Thank you , 

662
00:25:18,849 --> 00:25:20,989
General . Uh I want to ask you about 

663
00:25:21,130 --> 00:25:23,569
Osprey aircraft . So is the Pentagon 

664
00:25:23,579 --> 00:25:26,390
confident that that you can gain the 

665
00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,050
support from the Japanese public on the 

666
00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:32,239
safety of Osprey fre ? Yeah , thanks 

667
00:25:32,250 --> 00:25:34,479
Rose . So uh the United States and 

668
00:25:34,489 --> 00:25:36,680
Japan have been in close coordinations 

669
00:25:36,689 --> 00:25:38,578
throughout this entire process at 

670
00:25:38,578 --> 00:25:41,630
multiple levels uh to include the 

671
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,030
specific timeline on the return of 

672
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,569
flight uh of uh osprey operations in 

673
00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:50,150
Japan . Uh As I highlighted at the top , 

674
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,382
the safety of our service members , our 

675
00:25:52,382 --> 00:25:54,604
allies and the communities that they're 

676
00:25:54,604 --> 00:25:56,382
operating in uh is of paramount 

677
00:25:56,382 --> 00:25:58,540
importance to us . Uh And so we have 

678
00:25:58,550 --> 00:26:01,359
again been very uh grateful for the 

679
00:26:01,369 --> 00:26:03,530
support of Japan through this process 

680
00:26:03,569 --> 00:26:06,270
uh as well as very transparent with 

681
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,447
Japan in terms of the steps that we're 

682
00:26:08,447 --> 00:26:11,339
taking , the intend to speak with the 

683
00:26:11,349 --> 00:26:13,949
Japanese Defense Minister to convey his 

684
00:26:13,959 --> 00:26:16,469
commitment to safety before began the 

685
00:26:16,479 --> 00:26:19,170
aircraft to ride . Yeah , thanks for , 

686
00:26:19,199 --> 00:26:21,310
I don't have any calls to read out at 

687
00:26:21,310 --> 00:26:23,477
the , at this time . Uh I can tell you 

688
00:26:23,477 --> 00:26:25,588
that us forces Japan again , has been 

689
00:26:25,588 --> 00:26:27,755
in frequent contact to communicate the 

690
00:26:27,755 --> 00:26:29,532
departments and the secretary's 

691
00:26:29,532 --> 00:26:31,643
commitment to safety . Thank you very 

692
00:26:31,643 --> 00:26:33,866
much , Courtney . Um What's the name of 

693
00:26:33,866 --> 00:26:35,977
this mission did you say already ? Uh 

694
00:26:35,977 --> 00:26:38,199
Courtney , there's , there's no uh name 

695
00:26:38,199 --> 00:26:40,477
at this time . If that changes , we'll , 

696
00:26:40,477 --> 00:26:39,829
we'll be sure to let you know . Ok . 

697
00:26:39,839 --> 00:26:41,950
And then just following on , on Rio's 

698
00:26:41,950 --> 00:26:44,172
question , um I wonder if does , is the 

699
00:26:44,172 --> 00:26:46,061
secretary confident in the Osprey 

700
00:26:46,061 --> 00:26:48,239
aircraft that it's safe ? I think the 

701
00:26:48,250 --> 00:26:50,300
secretary is confident in the steps 

702
00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:52,680
that have been taken uh to return it to 

703
00:26:52,689 --> 00:26:55,189
flight . Uh And so again , as I 

704
00:26:55,199 --> 00:26:57,366
highlighted , you know , safety is the 

705
00:26:57,366 --> 00:26:59,569
most important thing . Uh He recently 

706
00:26:59,579 --> 00:27:01,468
had the opportunity to receive an 

707
00:27:01,468 --> 00:27:03,579
update from the service , secretaries 

708
00:27:03,579 --> 00:27:05,746
and chiefs on the steps that are being 

709
00:27:05,746 --> 00:27:08,209
taken . Uh And uh again , is confident 

710
00:27:08,219 --> 00:27:10,441
in their decision . So Secretary Austin 

711
00:27:10,441 --> 00:27:12,608
believes the osprey is a safe aircraft 

712
00:27:12,608 --> 00:27:14,830
for military members to fly . Correct ? 

713
00:27:14,830 --> 00:27:16,997
Thank you . Hi , I'm Mallory Shelburne 

714
00:27:16,997 --> 00:27:19,219
with us N A News . What kind of lift do 

715
00:27:19,219 --> 00:27:21,441
you need to get these forces over there 

716
00:27:21,441 --> 00:27:23,608
to execute this mission ? And where do 

717
00:27:23,608 --> 00:27:25,775
the CV S fit into this ? Um So it , it 

718
00:27:25,775 --> 00:27:27,830
will require a variety of sea lift . 

719
00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:29,441
Again , we'll have much more 

720
00:27:29,441 --> 00:27:31,608
information for you in the future . Um 

721
00:27:31,608 --> 00:27:33,386
Part of this is uh working with 

722
00:27:33,386 --> 00:27:35,552
military sea lift command to get these 

723
00:27:35,552 --> 00:27:37,663
capabilities . Um But as I'm sure you 

724
00:27:37,663 --> 00:27:39,830
can appreciate multiple vessels from , 

725
00:27:39,830 --> 00:27:41,886
from across the world that will come 

726
00:27:41,886 --> 00:27:44,052
together um in terms of the CBS , um I 

727
00:27:44,052 --> 00:27:46,219
don't have an answer for you on that . 

728
00:27:46,219 --> 00:27:48,441
Um Other , yeah , so again , if we have 

729
00:27:48,441 --> 00:27:50,608
any updates we'll be sure to provide . 

730
00:27:50,608 --> 00:27:52,719
So is it possible that you'll have to 

731
00:27:52,719 --> 00:27:54,941
reactivate some sea lift vessels to get 

732
00:27:54,941 --> 00:27:54,869
forces over there ? Is that what you , 

733
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,102
I'm not tracking that that's the case . 

734
00:27:57,102 --> 00:27:59,324
I , I think we have what we need within 

735
00:27:59,324 --> 00:28:01,047
the inventory , obviously as a 

736
00:28:01,047 --> 00:28:03,102
capability that we maintain . Uh and 

737
00:28:03,102 --> 00:28:05,060
have demonstrated . Uh And so they 

738
00:28:05,069 --> 00:28:07,130
should be good to go right now . 

739
00:28:08,510 --> 00:28:12,380
Um Well , the , the unit is based 

740
00:28:12,390 --> 00:28:15,969
out of uh joint base used to Langley 

741
00:28:16,060 --> 00:28:17,420
Eustace . So um 

742
00:28:20,689 --> 00:28:22,633
there , there are aspects that are 

743
00:28:22,633 --> 00:28:24,745
already in the region . So again , it 

744
00:28:24,745 --> 00:28:27,078
will be a coalescing of capabilities to , 

745
00:28:27,078 --> 00:28:29,245
to accomplish this specific capability 

746
00:28:29,969 --> 00:28:32,191
of its kind . We have just one of these 

747
00:28:32,191 --> 00:28:34,302
peer systems or do we have multiple ? 

748
00:28:34,302 --> 00:28:36,358
Yes , I'm not for opsec reasons to , 

749
00:28:36,358 --> 00:28:38,358
I'm not gonna go into the specifics 

750
00:28:38,358 --> 00:28:40,136
other than to say it's a unique 

751
00:28:40,136 --> 00:28:42,136
capability . And let me go to Jared 

752
00:28:42,136 --> 00:28:44,302
here . I just want to clarify and make 

753
00:28:44,302 --> 00:28:44,209
sure I understood this correctly . Um 

754
00:28:44,689 --> 00:28:46,856
Have you received any commitments from 

755
00:28:46,856 --> 00:28:48,911
any other nations on the security or 

756
00:28:48,911 --> 00:28:51,133
the military aspect of this uh in terms 

757
00:28:51,133 --> 00:28:53,189
of supporting this effort ? Uh or is 

758
00:28:53,189 --> 00:28:55,411
the military component of this strictly 

759
00:28:55,411 --> 00:28:57,633
unilateral by the US ? As I mentioned , 

760
00:28:57,633 --> 00:28:59,578
we're working with partners in the 

761
00:28:59,578 --> 00:28:59,469
region . I'm not going to speak for 

762
00:28:59,479 --> 00:29:01,479
them at this point in time . I'll , 

763
00:29:01,479 --> 00:29:03,535
I'll let them speak for themselves , 

764
00:29:03,535 --> 00:29:03,310
but again , we'll be sure to keep you 

765
00:29:03,319 --> 00:29:05,380
updated . We fully recognize that 

766
00:29:05,390 --> 00:29:07,612
there's a lot of interest in terms of , 

767
00:29:07,612 --> 00:29:09,834
you know , the concept and , and how it 

768
00:29:09,834 --> 00:29:12,469
will be executed uh and specifically 

769
00:29:12,479 --> 00:29:14,646
with security on the ground and aid is 

770
00:29:14,646 --> 00:29:16,757
distribution . Uh But we're confident 

771
00:29:16,757 --> 00:29:18,812
that we will be able to execute this 

772
00:29:18,812 --> 00:29:21,209
mission again in a way that uh prevents 

773
00:29:21,219 --> 00:29:23,386
us from putting boots on the ground in 

774
00:29:23,386 --> 00:29:25,500
Gaza uh all at the same time ensuring 

775
00:29:25,510 --> 00:29:27,677
that we can deliver and distribute aid 

776
00:29:27,677 --> 00:29:30,969
securely and safely . Thank you so much . 

777
00:29:31,079 --> 00:29:33,920
I have one for up on Ospreys . Um could 

778
00:29:33,930 --> 00:29:37,020
you please confirm if any dod officials 

779
00:29:37,030 --> 00:29:39,469
or military officials traveled to Japan 

780
00:29:39,479 --> 00:29:41,910
prior , prior to this announcement to 

781
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:45,430
explain the US um plan to resume their 

782
00:29:45,439 --> 00:29:47,709
flights of Osprey . Yeah , so I'd , I'd 

783
00:29:47,719 --> 00:29:50,739
refer you to NAV air on the specifics 

784
00:29:50,750 --> 00:29:53,819
uh in terms of , of the extensive 

785
00:29:53,829 --> 00:29:57,579
effort that went into uh ensuring that 

786
00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,704
that when the decision was made to 

787
00:29:59,704 --> 00:30:02,038
return to fly , that it was done safely . 

788
00:30:02,038 --> 00:30:04,339
Uh I can tell you broadly that , yes . 

789
00:30:04,349 --> 00:30:06,560
Um you know , there has been uh a 

790
00:30:06,569 --> 00:30:09,650
number of officials uh as I understand 

791
00:30:09,660 --> 00:30:11,829
it that have again communicated and , 

792
00:30:11,839 --> 00:30:14,030
and traveled to Japan uh as part of 

793
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:15,596
this process to include the 

794
00:30:15,596 --> 00:30:17,651
investigation that I referenced . Do 

795
00:30:17,689 --> 00:30:20,050
you have any specific timeline to 

796
00:30:20,060 --> 00:30:22,239
resume the flights of OSS deployed in 

797
00:30:22,410 --> 00:30:24,577
Japan ? Yeah . So that , that's really 

798
00:30:24,577 --> 00:30:26,799
a question for the services . Uh That's 

799
00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:29,021
a decision that they will make . So I'd 

800
00:30:29,021 --> 00:30:30,966
refer you to them , your answer to 

801
00:30:30,966 --> 00:30:33,188
Jared . I just want to be sure when you 

802
00:30:33,188 --> 00:30:35,410
guys talk about there's no boots on the 

803
00:30:35,410 --> 00:30:35,400
ground in Gaza . I mean , is this a 

804
00:30:35,410 --> 00:30:37,632
semantics thing and they're going to be 

805
00:30:37,632 --> 00:30:39,854
civilian Americans moving this stuff up 

806
00:30:39,854 --> 00:30:41,799
ashore ? Look as I understand it , 

807
00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:44,040
Courtney , I mean , it literally no us 

808
00:30:44,050 --> 00:30:47,229
forces on the ground civilians too . I , 

809
00:30:47,239 --> 00:30:49,350
I just , I just because I'm not , I'm 

810
00:30:49,350 --> 00:30:51,517
not , I'm not tracking any us military 

811
00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:53,739
or dod personnel going on the ground in 

812
00:30:53,739 --> 00:30:55,961
Gaza again , you know , you , you drive 

813
00:30:55,961 --> 00:30:57,795
the causeway into the beach . Uh 

814
00:30:57,795 --> 00:31:00,239
There'll be others on the receiving end 

815
00:31:00,250 --> 00:31:02,528
to secure it , to provide the security , 

816
00:31:02,528 --> 00:31:04,750
to ensure that aid is distributed . Our 

817
00:31:04,750 --> 00:31:07,119
forces will stay , uh you know , either 

818
00:31:07,130 --> 00:31:09,349
on the causeway or operating those 

819
00:31:09,359 --> 00:31:11,479
vessels uh out at sea to include the 

820
00:31:11,489 --> 00:31:14,640
floating pier . Ok . And one of the 

821
00:31:14,650 --> 00:31:16,706
reasons why Israel is holding up the 

822
00:31:16,706 --> 00:31:18,872
ground convoys filled with aid is that 

823
00:31:18,872 --> 00:31:20,983
they say that they don't want the aid 

824
00:31:20,983 --> 00:31:23,150
to go to Hamas . Does that risk remain 

825
00:31:23,150 --> 00:31:25,939
with this maritime solution or is this 

826
00:31:25,949 --> 00:31:29,660
somehow more acceptable to the Israelis ? 

827
00:31:29,670 --> 00:31:31,837
And will they be inspecting any of the 

828
00:31:31,837 --> 00:31:34,670
aid from Cyprus ? So , and again , uh 

829
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,750
much more to provide in the days ahead . 

830
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,339
Um But as part of this concept , uh you 

831
00:31:40,349 --> 00:31:43,579
know , uh the cons a consideration is 

832
00:31:43,589 --> 00:31:46,430
the screening aspect uh of aid being 

833
00:31:46,439 --> 00:31:49,589
loaded onto any vessel , uh you know , 

834
00:31:49,599 --> 00:31:51,790
which would be standard procedure . Uh 

835
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,856
And so , you know , we'll , we'll be 

836
00:31:53,856 --> 00:31:56,078
working through all of that uh in terms 

837
00:31:56,078 --> 00:31:59,520
of Hamas uh receiving aid . Uh you know , 

838
00:31:59,530 --> 00:32:03,380
again , we're gonna work with uh NGO S 

839
00:32:03,390 --> 00:32:06,099
the UN and others uh when it comes to 

840
00:32:06,109 --> 00:32:08,510
the aid distribution piece uh and do 

841
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,520
everything we can , of course , you 

842
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,631
know , without being on the ground to 

843
00:32:12,631 --> 00:32:14,742
ensure that aid doesn't go to Hamas . 

844
00:32:14,742 --> 00:32:16,909
But I think the key point here is that 

845
00:32:16,909 --> 00:32:19,242
if Hamas truly believes that the people , 

846
00:32:19,242 --> 00:32:21,409
the Palestinian people are suffering , 

847
00:32:21,409 --> 00:32:23,599
uh then why would they want to take 

848
00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:25,942
this aid and use it for themselves , uh , 

849
00:32:25,942 --> 00:32:28,165
to support their terrorist organization 

850
00:32:28,165 --> 00:32:29,942
or do they truly care about the 

851
00:32:29,942 --> 00:32:32,165
Palestinian people and want this aid to 

852
00:32:32,165 --> 00:32:34,442
get to them ? So , uh , one would hope , 

853
00:32:34,442 --> 00:32:36,553
uh , that , that this aid will get to 

854
00:32:36,553 --> 00:32:38,720
the people that are most deserving and 

855
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:40,887
in need just to confirm that that risk 

856
00:32:40,887 --> 00:32:42,831
remains the same whether these aid 

857
00:32:42,831 --> 00:32:45,165
convoys come through via ship or ground . 

858
00:32:45,165 --> 00:32:47,387
Well , it's a combat zone , right ? And 

859
00:32:47,387 --> 00:32:49,553
you've got an active combat operations 

860
00:32:49,553 --> 00:32:51,831
going on with , with Hamas in the area . 

861
00:32:51,831 --> 00:32:51,680
And I mean , to your point , we've , 

862
00:32:51,689 --> 00:32:53,745
we've seen reports in the past about 

863
00:32:53,745 --> 00:32:55,780
Hamas , uh taking aid as well as 

864
00:32:55,790 --> 00:32:57,901
criminal elements that are , that are 

865
00:32:57,901 --> 00:33:00,439
attempting to hoard . Um , but this 

866
00:33:00,449 --> 00:33:03,349
mission is about getting aid to Gaza , 

867
00:33:03,630 --> 00:33:05,741
uh , and then working with others for 

868
00:33:05,741 --> 00:33:08,349
the delivery distribution . Do you 

869
00:33:08,359 --> 00:33:10,526
anticipate that Hamas will try to fire 

870
00:33:10,526 --> 00:33:14,339
on them ? Um , you know , look , I mean , 

871
00:33:14,349 --> 00:33:17,290
that's certainly a risk . Um , again , 

872
00:33:17,300 --> 00:33:20,109
but if the , the , uh , if Hamas truly 

873
00:33:20,119 --> 00:33:22,369
does care about , uh , the Palestinian 

874
00:33:22,380 --> 00:33:25,209
people , uh , then again , one would 

875
00:33:25,219 --> 00:33:27,441
hope that this international mission to 

876
00:33:27,441 --> 00:33:30,619
deliver aid to people who need it , uh , 

877
00:33:30,630 --> 00:33:33,209
would be able to happen unhindered Tony 

878
00:33:34,050 --> 00:33:36,400
aid . I need need to ask you aid to 

879
00:33:36,410 --> 00:33:38,699
Israel of precision guided munitions . 

880
00:33:38,930 --> 00:33:41,152
This came up last week at the hearing , 

881
00:33:41,152 --> 00:33:42,874
Ro Khan , the congressman from 

882
00:33:42,874 --> 00:33:44,930
California threw out a figure of the 

883
00:33:44,930 --> 00:33:47,229
21,000 PG MS . The US has provided 

884
00:33:47,239 --> 00:33:49,295
Israel , I asked his office where he 

885
00:33:49,295 --> 00:33:51,295
get that , he came back with a news 

886
00:33:51,295 --> 00:33:54,104
story . But can you get a A R A tally 

887
00:33:54,114 --> 00:33:56,336
of some kind of rough tally of how many 

888
00:33:56,336 --> 00:33:58,714
PG MS we've provided Israel since 

889
00:33:58,724 --> 00:34:00,604
October 7th ? This comes up 

890
00:34:00,614 --> 00:34:02,515
periodically . Lawmakers express 

891
00:34:02,525 --> 00:34:04,692
outrage , but there's no hard data . I 

892
00:34:04,692 --> 00:34:06,858
mean , I'm asking you five months into 

893
00:34:06,858 --> 00:34:08,803
this if you can get broad figure . 

894
00:34:08,803 --> 00:34:10,858
Thanks Tony . Um I , I'm not able to 

895
00:34:10,858 --> 00:34:12,969
provide a figure to you right now . I 

896
00:34:12,969 --> 00:34:15,136
think it is a question . Thanks . I'll 

897
00:34:15,136 --> 00:34:17,379
take it . I'll take the question . I I 

898
00:34:17,389 --> 00:34:19,611
say this , this is probably gonna sound 

899
00:34:19,611 --> 00:34:22,310
dumb but uh when Kabul fell , the US 

900
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,542
and the Taliban reached an agreement to 

901
00:34:24,542 --> 00:34:26,376
provide security for HK although 

902
00:34:26,376 --> 00:34:28,649
imperfect , is it possible that one of 

903
00:34:28,659 --> 00:34:30,548
the partners in this operation to 

904
00:34:30,548 --> 00:34:32,715
provide security could be Hamas ? No . 

905
00:34:33,398 --> 00:34:35,398
Yeah , I mean Hamas is a recognized 

906
00:34:35,398 --> 00:34:37,618
terrorist group and , and you know , 

907
00:34:37,628 --> 00:34:39,795
the United States is not going to work 

908
00:34:39,795 --> 00:34:41,628
with Hamas to provide security . 

909
00:34:41,789 --> 00:34:44,779
Constantine . Thanks again . Um So in 

910
00:34:44,789 --> 00:34:46,789
terms of the ships involved in this 

911
00:34:46,789 --> 00:34:48,900
operation , you've mentioned military 

912
00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:51,122
working with military seal of command . 

913
00:34:51,122 --> 00:34:53,011
Um Will the US Navy and US navy , 

914
00:34:53,011 --> 00:34:55,067
destroyers , cruisers play a role in 

915
00:34:55,067 --> 00:34:57,719
this operation at all ? Um So for this 

916
00:34:57,729 --> 00:35:00,189
specific capability , Constantine , uh 

917
00:35:00,199 --> 00:35:02,255
the the answer is no right . This is 

918
00:35:02,255 --> 00:35:04,310
not a combat capability . This is uh 

919
00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:06,889
essentially uh a bridging uh capability , 

920
00:35:06,899 --> 00:35:09,121
so to speak , that enables the delivery 

921
00:35:09,121 --> 00:35:11,232
of of humanitarian assistance in this 

922
00:35:11,232 --> 00:35:14,110
case . So I just leave it there . Take 

923
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,469
a few more . Let me go to Jared one 

924
00:35:16,479 --> 00:35:19,370
more . Um , in terms of potential 

925
00:35:19,379 --> 00:35:21,490
security partners on the ground , are 

926
00:35:21,490 --> 00:35:23,379
we looking , is the United States 

927
00:35:23,379 --> 00:35:25,601
looking to work with uh elements on the 

928
00:35:25,601 --> 00:35:27,823
ground that the Israelis have sought to 

929
00:35:27,823 --> 00:35:27,810
work with in the past contracting local 

930
00:35:27,820 --> 00:35:30,199
businessmen . What's uh , yeah , so , 

931
00:35:30,209 --> 00:35:32,389
you know , I'm gonna , I'm gonna kinda 

932
00:35:33,340 --> 00:35:35,396
keep it open ended right now , Jared 

933
00:35:35,396 --> 00:35:37,562
Ken because I , I don't wanna give you 

934
00:35:37,562 --> 00:35:39,784
bad information . Um You know , again , 

935
00:35:39,784 --> 00:35:41,951
we're gonna work with multiple uh look 

936
00:35:41,951 --> 00:35:44,118
to work with partners in the region uh 

937
00:35:44,118 --> 00:35:46,062
to include Israel . Um but again , 

938
00:35:46,062 --> 00:35:48,284
we'll have more details on that for you 

939
00:35:48,284 --> 00:35:50,830
in the future , sir . Uh building such 

940
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,007
a poor takes some time . I mean , this 

941
00:35:53,007 --> 00:35:56,000
is a long uh period . Does that mean 

942
00:35:56,010 --> 00:35:58,232
you don't expect a new solution to , to 

943
00:35:58,232 --> 00:36:00,629
the Gaza conflict or an agreement is 

944
00:36:00,639 --> 00:36:02,861
far away ? Well , look , I think we can 

945
00:36:02,861 --> 00:36:05,083
all agree uh that there's a significant 

946
00:36:05,083 --> 00:36:06,972
need within Gaza for humanitarian 

947
00:36:06,972 --> 00:36:09,219
assistance . Uh You know , as you've 

948
00:36:09,229 --> 00:36:11,340
heard the White House say they , they 

949
00:36:11,340 --> 00:36:13,760
hope uh that a temporary cease fire can 

950
00:36:13,770 --> 00:36:15,714
be reached soon . Of course , that 

951
00:36:15,714 --> 00:36:18,179
would help enable the conditions uh for 

952
00:36:18,189 --> 00:36:21,850
aid delivery . Uh But regardless , um 

953
00:36:21,860 --> 00:36:24,027
you know , there's people who need aid 

954
00:36:24,027 --> 00:36:26,138
in Gaza and that's probably not going 

955
00:36:26,138 --> 00:36:28,138
to change any time soon . And so uh 

956
00:36:28,138 --> 00:36:30,360
this capability will contribute to that 

957
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,129
effort . You go to my , about the n has 

958
00:36:33,139 --> 00:36:35,580
extensive amphibious capabilities . You 

959
00:36:35,590 --> 00:36:38,229
know , it has L A that could drive 

960
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,530
right on the beach . I immediately is 

961
00:36:40,540 --> 00:36:42,709
the reason the administration's going 

962
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,830
with this pretty , rather complicated 

963
00:36:44,830 --> 00:36:47,209
plan rather than something like that . 

964
00:36:47,219 --> 00:36:49,052
Uh Like , like the amphibious uh 

965
00:36:49,052 --> 00:36:51,163
movement just because it doesn't want 

966
00:36:51,163 --> 00:36:53,275
to have the sort of the picture of an 

967
00:36:53,275 --> 00:36:55,330
American standing , you know , 10 ft 

968
00:36:55,330 --> 00:36:58,479
off the water line . And uh yeah , I 

969
00:36:58,489 --> 00:37:00,656
mean , the big difference , you know , 

970
00:37:00,656 --> 00:37:02,600
you're talking about like an LCA , 

971
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,711
right ? An LCA drives on to the beach 

972
00:37:04,711 --> 00:37:06,822
and then it has to back up maybe like 

973
00:37:06,822 --> 00:37:08,878
taking an individual pickup truck to 

974
00:37:08,878 --> 00:37:11,045
the beach every day with , with uh you 

975
00:37:11,045 --> 00:37:13,156
know , some humanitarian assistance . 

976
00:37:13,156 --> 00:37:15,322
Uh So from a logistics standpoint , uh 

977
00:37:15,322 --> 00:37:17,719
a that's just not feasible . Um And 

978
00:37:17,729 --> 00:37:19,896
what this essentially does is create a 

979
00:37:19,896 --> 00:37:21,840
logistics distribution system that 

980
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,760
enables you to distribute , as I 

981
00:37:24,770 --> 00:37:27,048
mentioned , uh in my topper , you know , 

982
00:37:27,048 --> 00:37:30,810
up upwards of 2 million meals , uh 

983
00:37:30,820 --> 00:37:33,120
you know , and , and do it in a way 

984
00:37:33,129 --> 00:37:35,270
that you can wash rinse repeat and , 

985
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:36,947
and the fact that you can get 

986
00:37:36,947 --> 00:37:39,002
commercial vessels to come up to the 

987
00:37:39,002 --> 00:37:41,224
floating pier and trans load . And then 

988
00:37:41,224 --> 00:37:43,336
so it's creating a system , uh it's a 

989
00:37:43,336 --> 00:37:45,502
temporary system , but it's a , it's a 

990
00:37:45,502 --> 00:37:47,724
mechanism by which we can start to , to 

991
00:37:47,724 --> 00:37:49,724
rapidly get additional aid in a way 

992
00:37:49,724 --> 00:37:51,836
that individual ships , you know , to 

993
00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:53,836
the point that was made earlier the 

994
00:37:53,836 --> 00:37:55,780
airdrops are important and they're 

995
00:37:55,780 --> 00:37:57,836
providing uh key aid to people right 

996
00:37:57,836 --> 00:38:00,002
now , but we need to get more aid in . 

997
00:38:00,002 --> 00:38:02,113
And so this will be part of a broader 

998
00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,724
effort to make that happen . 

999
00:38:06,330 --> 00:38:09,030
Uh I can't imagine , I mean , again , 

1000
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:11,096
this is gonna be temporary . I'm not 

1001
00:38:11,096 --> 00:38:13,151
gonna bound it right now . Our focus 

1002
00:38:13,151 --> 00:38:15,318
right now is on executing this mission 

1003
00:38:15,318 --> 00:38:17,484
and enabling a to get in . Um but it's 

1004
00:38:17,484 --> 00:38:19,596
not intended to be a permanent uh you 

1005
00:38:19,596 --> 00:38:21,873
know , facility , so to speak . Um And , 

1006
00:38:21,873 --> 00:38:23,818
and again , you know , we're gonna 

1007
00:38:23,818 --> 00:38:25,929
continue to look at at options for um 

1008
00:38:25,929 --> 00:38:28,096
as we highlighted and as the president 

1009
00:38:28,096 --> 00:38:30,330
highlighted uh to ensure that that aid 

1010
00:38:30,340 --> 00:38:32,870
can get in uh via maritime route . And 

1011
00:38:32,879 --> 00:38:35,046
I understand other countries are , are 

1012
00:38:35,046 --> 00:38:37,157
looking at that as well . How long it 

1013
00:38:37,157 --> 00:38:39,379
will take to get from the east coast to 

1014
00:38:39,379 --> 00:38:41,490
this position ? How long does it take 

1015
00:38:41,490 --> 00:38:43,657
to sail there ? I don't have an answer 

1016
00:38:43,657 --> 00:38:45,657
for that , Jennifer again . What we 

1017
00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:47,768
anticipate is that from today ? Uh 60 

1018
00:38:47,768 --> 00:38:49,768
days from now , this will be up and 

1019
00:38:49,768 --> 00:38:51,823
operating . We'll screen the drivers 

1020
00:38:51,823 --> 00:38:53,879
and the trucks coming on to the pier 

1021
00:38:53,879 --> 00:38:55,935
again . I don't , I don't have those 

1022
00:38:55,935 --> 00:38:58,101
details right now , but we'll keep you 

1023
00:38:58,101 --> 00:38:57,300
updated on the front . Let me go back 

1024
00:38:57,310 --> 00:39:00,959
to David and then lo so that all of 

1025
00:39:00,969 --> 00:39:03,209
those ships there are in the Causeway 

1026
00:39:03,219 --> 00:39:06,010
are now in Virginia . I I do not know 

1027
00:39:06,020 --> 00:39:08,020
the answer to that David . Um I can 

1028
00:39:08,020 --> 00:39:10,020
tell you that again , they're the , 

1029
00:39:10,020 --> 00:39:12,010
they're gonna aggregate and come 

1030
00:39:12,020 --> 00:39:14,131
together to implement this capability 

1031
00:39:14,959 --> 00:39:17,850
to start deploying from Virginia . I 

1032
00:39:17,899 --> 00:39:20,689
mean , we're , we're moving out now to , 

1033
00:39:20,699 --> 00:39:22,755
you know , finalize the planning and 

1034
00:39:22,755 --> 00:39:25,088
execute this mission . As I highlighted , 

1035
00:39:25,088 --> 00:39:27,143
uh this is gonna involve a number of 

1036
00:39:27,143 --> 00:39:29,366
units , many of them are being notified 

1037
00:39:29,366 --> 00:39:31,255
about , notified about a prepared 

1038
00:39:31,255 --> 00:39:33,532
deploy , you do these things in phases . 

1039
00:39:33,532 --> 00:39:35,643
Uh And so , uh I'm not gonna have the 

1040
00:39:35,643 --> 00:39:37,810
specifics to provide today in terms of 

1041
00:39:37,810 --> 00:39:40,143
individual ship movements and timelines . 

1042
00:39:40,143 --> 00:39:42,199
Nor would we put that out , we never 

1043
00:39:42,199 --> 00:39:42,189
talk about , you know , our ship 

1044
00:39:42,199 --> 00:39:44,310
timelines and when they're moving and 

1045
00:39:44,310 --> 00:39:46,366
where they're moving , other than to 

1046
00:39:46,366 --> 00:39:48,532
say , you know , within 60 days , this 

1047
00:39:48,532 --> 00:39:50,866
capability will be up and running Louie . 

1048
00:39:50,866 --> 00:39:52,866
Um When you mentioned the 2 million 

1049
00:39:52,866 --> 00:39:54,866
meals a day , uh what is , how many 

1050
00:39:54,866 --> 00:39:56,977
trucks is that equivalent to ? And is 

1051
00:39:56,977 --> 00:39:58,977
that , is that foreseen as being 24 

1052
00:39:58,977 --> 00:40:01,610
hour operations uh or is it just , you 

1053
00:40:01,620 --> 00:40:03,842
know , during daylight hours for safety 

1054
00:40:03,842 --> 00:40:05,953
reasons ? I mean , this capability uh 

1055
00:40:05,953 --> 00:40:08,949
obviously can be up and running 24 

1056
00:40:08,959 --> 00:40:11,570
hours again , we'll work with uh our 

1057
00:40:11,580 --> 00:40:13,280
partners in terms of the aid 

1058
00:40:13,290 --> 00:40:15,401
distribution aspect in the timeline . 

1059
00:40:15,401 --> 00:40:17,346
So , uh again , we'll have more to 

1060
00:40:17,346 --> 00:40:19,429
follow on that . Um Had a lot of 

1061
00:40:19,439 --> 00:40:21,661
questions um And you're taking a lot of 

1062
00:40:21,661 --> 00:40:23,772
them related to this . Can we kind of 

1063
00:40:23,772 --> 00:40:25,995
agree in a format in terms of how these 

1064
00:40:25,995 --> 00:40:28,050
will be answered ? Can we get like a 

1065
00:40:28,050 --> 00:40:27,870
daily summary . Is there gonna be 

1066
00:40:27,879 --> 00:40:29,990
something in another briefing given , 

1067
00:40:29,990 --> 00:40:32,101
given how important this mission is ? 

1068
00:40:32,101 --> 00:40:34,157
And when the president announced , I 

1069
00:40:34,157 --> 00:40:36,157
would so part part of the effort is 

1070
00:40:36,157 --> 00:40:37,823
today , you know , giving you 

1071
00:40:37,823 --> 00:40:40,340
additional insight into how this system 

1072
00:40:40,350 --> 00:40:42,683
will work . Certainly in the days ahead , 

1073
00:40:42,683 --> 00:40:44,628
as we get more information , we'll 

1074
00:40:44,628 --> 00:40:46,517
provide that . Um , you know , we 

1075
00:40:46,517 --> 00:40:48,683
understand again the great interest on 

1076
00:40:48,683 --> 00:40:50,739
this . Uh and so we will , as we get 

1077
00:40:50,739 --> 00:40:52,850
new information . Uh and as we have 

1078
00:40:52,860 --> 00:40:54,693
answers to your question , we'll 

1079
00:40:54,693 --> 00:40:56,693
provide this and um that it be done 

1080
00:40:56,693 --> 00:41:00,469
much as um during the secretary's 

1081
00:41:00,479 --> 00:41:02,535
hospitalization that we were getting 

1082
00:41:02,535 --> 00:41:04,701
regular updates , given the importance 

1083
00:41:04,701 --> 00:41:06,868
of the mission . Again , you know , we 

1084
00:41:06,868 --> 00:41:09,090
will give you as much information as we 

1085
00:41:09,090 --> 00:41:11,090
can recognizing the fact that , you 

1086
00:41:11,090 --> 00:41:13,090
know , there's gonna be uh a lot of 

1087
00:41:13,090 --> 00:41:15,146
details in terms of the planning and 

1088
00:41:15,146 --> 00:41:17,368
the execution . And um yeah , I again , 

1089
00:41:17,368 --> 00:41:19,423
I understand the great interest . Uh 

1090
00:41:19,423 --> 00:41:21,479
and we will keep you updated on that 

1091
00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:23,201
front . Few more . Yes , sir . 

1092
00:41:23,409 --> 00:41:25,969
Yesterday uh General Carla during his 

1093
00:41:25,979 --> 00:41:28,010
hearing in the Senate , um he said 

1094
00:41:28,020 --> 00:41:30,659
recently when he visit Rafah border , 

1095
00:41:30,669 --> 00:41:33,510
he found out there is 2500 trucks 

1096
00:41:33,889 --> 00:41:36,379
loaded with aid are waiting to go 

1097
00:41:36,389 --> 00:41:39,110
inside Gaza . So first of all , how 

1098
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,469
much do you feel that make difference 

1099
00:41:41,479 --> 00:41:43,590
if these trucks getting inside Gaza ? 

1100
00:41:43,620 --> 00:41:46,689
And did Secretary Austin raise this 

1101
00:41:46,699 --> 00:41:49,129
issue , the Rafah border with his 

1102
00:41:49,139 --> 00:41:51,139
Israeli counterpart during his call 

1103
00:41:51,139 --> 00:41:53,679
center . Yeah , I mean , it , it would 

1104
00:41:53,689 --> 00:41:55,689
obviously make a huge difference if 

1105
00:41:55,689 --> 00:41:57,856
those trucks could get into Gaza and , 

1106
00:41:57,856 --> 00:41:59,879
and this is why you see uh state 

1107
00:41:59,889 --> 00:42:01,945
Department and others working with , 

1108
00:42:01,945 --> 00:42:04,167
with the officials in the region to try 

1109
00:42:04,167 --> 00:42:06,479
to facilitate that process . And as I 

1110
00:42:06,489 --> 00:42:08,656
highlighted earlier , Secretary Austin 

1111
00:42:08,656 --> 00:42:10,878
did talk with his counterpart about the 

1112
00:42:10,878 --> 00:42:12,767
importance of of opening up these 

1113
00:42:12,767 --> 00:42:14,919
routes uh and expanding the number of 

1114
00:42:14,929 --> 00:42:17,209
routes to ensure that aid couldn't get 

1115
00:42:17,219 --> 00:42:19,108
into Gaza . I'll leave it at that 

1116
00:42:19,108 --> 00:42:22,090
couple more . Yes , ma'am . Let me , 

1117
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:24,156
let me go to you first and then I'll 

1118
00:42:24,156 --> 00:42:26,267
come back to you . Ok . So on the UAP 

1119
00:42:26,267 --> 00:42:28,322
report , the Pentagon concluded that 

1120
00:42:28,322 --> 00:42:30,544
there is no evidence of uuaps being off 

1121
00:42:30,544 --> 00:42:32,767
world technology , but it also said the 

1122
00:42:32,767 --> 00:42:34,878
government set up programs to reverse 

1123
00:42:34,878 --> 00:42:37,044
engineer such technology . Why did the 

1124
00:42:37,044 --> 00:42:38,989
government plan to study off world 

1125
00:42:38,989 --> 00:42:41,100
technology if it says it doesn't have 

1126
00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:44,239
any proof ? Yeah . So um as you 

1127
00:42:44,250 --> 00:42:46,729
highlight uh no verifiable evidence 

1128
00:42:46,739 --> 00:42:49,270
that any UAP citing represented 

1129
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,949
extraterrestrial activity uh that the 

1130
00:42:51,959 --> 00:42:54,070
US government or private industry had 

1131
00:42:54,219 --> 00:42:57,100
has ever had access to extraterrestrial 

1132
00:42:57,110 --> 00:42:59,277
technology or that any information was 

1133
00:42:59,277 --> 00:43:01,679
illegal illegally or inappropriately 

1134
00:43:01,689 --> 00:43:04,070
with help from Congress and alleged 

1135
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,750
hidden UAP reverse engineering programs 

1136
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,500
either do not exist or misidentified 

1137
00:43:10,510 --> 00:43:12,600
authentic national security programs 

1138
00:43:12,610 --> 00:43:15,149
unrelated to extra terrestrial activity 

1139
00:43:15,159 --> 00:43:19,139
or technology uh exploitation . So 

1140
00:43:19,149 --> 00:43:21,316
what we found is that claims of hidden 

1141
00:43:21,316 --> 00:43:23,260
programs are largely the result of 

1142
00:43:23,260 --> 00:43:25,270
circular reporting by a small group 

1143
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:27,502
repeating what they heard from others . 

1144
00:43:27,502 --> 00:43:29,669
Uh And that many people have sincerely 

1145
00:43:29,669 --> 00:43:31,836
misinterpreted real events or mistaken 

1146
00:43:31,836 --> 00:43:34,459
sensitive us programs as UAP or being 

1147
00:43:34,469 --> 00:43:37,969
extraterrestrial exploitation . And 

1148
00:43:37,979 --> 00:43:40,201
this report is volume one . Should we , 

1149
00:43:40,201 --> 00:43:43,750
should we be expecting more correct ? 

1150
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:47,370
Um Let's see here , 

1151
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:54,459
there is a uh another volume . Let me 

1152
00:43:54,469 --> 00:43:56,691
just look at my notes here real quick . 

1153
00:43:56,691 --> 00:43:57,691
Bear with me . 

1154
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:08,239
Let me take that question for you . 

1155
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:10,500
I'll come back to you . Yes , sir . How 

1156
00:44:10,510 --> 00:44:12,840
long Israel could continue its assault 

1157
00:44:12,850 --> 00:44:15,389
on Gaza if there were no more US , 

1158
00:44:15,399 --> 00:44:17,830
military aid shipments delivered to the 

1159
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:21,590
country ? Say that again , could , how 

1160
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,767
long could Israel continue its assault 

1161
00:44:23,767 --> 00:44:25,656
on Gaza without more shipments of 

1162
00:44:25,656 --> 00:44:28,310
military aid from the US ? Yeah , I'm 

1163
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:30,719
not gonna get into Israel's readiness . 

1164
00:44:30,729 --> 00:44:32,896
I mean , I think that's a question for 

1165
00:44:32,896 --> 00:44:35,062
them to talk about like our focus , as 

1166
00:44:35,062 --> 00:44:37,173
we've said from the very beginning is 

1167
00:44:37,173 --> 00:44:39,285
supporting Israel's inherent right to 

1168
00:44:39,285 --> 00:44:41,507
defend itself . Uh , you know , again , 

1169
00:44:41,507 --> 00:44:43,340
to belabor the point , they were 

1170
00:44:43,340 --> 00:44:45,562
attacked by Hamas on October 7th . Uh , 

1171
00:44:45,570 --> 00:44:47,750
they are still under threat of 

1172
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:49,520
terrorist attack by Hamas , an 

1173
00:44:49,530 --> 00:44:51,770
organization that has said their stated 

1174
00:44:51,780 --> 00:44:53,959
express purpose is to eliminate Israel 

1175
00:44:53,969 --> 00:44:56,025
as a country . And so we're going to 

1176
00:44:56,025 --> 00:44:57,969
continue to support Israel on that 

1177
00:44:57,969 --> 00:45:00,025
front . But again , I'm not going to 

1178
00:45:00,025 --> 00:45:02,191
get into the read . You were trying to 

1179
00:45:02,191 --> 00:45:01,850
convince the wavering congressman about 

1180
00:45:01,860 --> 00:45:04,590
sending more money and aid to Israel to 

1181
00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:06,656
continue the assault on Gaza . Would 

1182
00:45:06,656 --> 00:45:08,767
you have , would you say , look , you 

1183
00:45:08,767 --> 00:45:10,656
have to do this ? Now , otherwise 

1184
00:45:10,656 --> 00:45:10,590
Israel won't be able to defend itself 

1185
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:12,767
anymore . Would that be a time frame ? 

1186
00:45:12,767 --> 00:45:14,933
Would you have one to give him again ? 

1187
00:45:14,933 --> 00:45:17,156
I'm not going to get in hypotheticals . 

1188
00:45:17,156 --> 00:45:18,878
All right . Thanks very much . 

1189
00:45:18,878 --> 00:45:18,310
Everybody . Appreciate it .