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Yeah . Or Good afternoon .

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Um Okay , two items for all of you at

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the top . Today , the biden

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administration is launching House

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America a new initiative for the

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Department of Housing and Urban

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Development and the United States

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Interagency Council on homelessness

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that will engage state and local

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leaders to set and achieve ambitious

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goals for reducing homelessness in

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America homelessness was on the rise

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before the pandemic . And the last

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couple of years have just exacerbated

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the problem on any given night . More

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than half a million americans were

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during the pandemic without the safety

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and protection of a home . Thanks to

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the President's american Rescue Plan

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and Congresses , everybody's american

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rescue plan . Communities now have

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historic housing resources to help more

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americans obtained the safety of a

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stable home , Including 70,000

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emergency housing vouchers , $5 billion

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dollars in home grants and significant

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investments to preserve and protect

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housing on tribal lands . In addition ,

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communities have $350 billion in state

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and local fiscal recovery funds from

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the Department of Treasury to support

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many needs , including homelessness and

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housing instability . So today , hut is

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asking state tribal and local leaders

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to work collaboratively with them to

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use these RP funds and other existing

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federal state And local resources to

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rapidly reduce homelessness in their

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communities and add new units of

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affordable and supportive housing into

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the development pipeline . By the end

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of 2022 , the initiative will promote

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the use of housing . First , the proven

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theory that the best way to stabilize

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the life of someone experiencing

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homelessness is to ensure that they

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have a home first without preconditions .

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Uh And so we are moving forward with

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that . Also wanted to note that

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tomorrow the Senate Committee on small

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businesses set to consider the

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nomination of Dill Dilawar Syed Sayyad ,

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excuse me for deputy administrator ,

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Administrator for the Small business

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administration . He's well , he's well

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qualified to serve as deputy

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administrator of the S . B . A . Which

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has been critical in providing relief

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to small businesses in the midst of the

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pandemic . He's lived the American

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dream as an immigrant and as ceo of a

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small start up with uh that will help

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small business that has been helping

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small businesses continue to create

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jobs . His endorsement of more than 200

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individuals and groups and yet his

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confirmation is being held up in an

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unprecedented way . And for no good

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reason . These members have refused to

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show up at committee meetings meaning

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Corum cannot be reached and a vote

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cannot be held on his nomination by

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refusing to show up at committee

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meetings . They are not just blocking

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his vote but also slowing help to

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american small business owners and his

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and workers who are trying to build

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back the pied pandemic . Uh So we

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wanted to call out that a hearing that

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will happen tomorrow . Darling , why

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did you pick this off ? Thanks jen a

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couple of questions for you . Uh The U .

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N . Secretary secretary general spoke

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to the ap over the weekend and in the

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interview he called on the U . S . And

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China to repair a relationship that he

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says is quote completely disappointed .

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He warned of a potential new Cold War

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and said the U . S . And china needs to

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be cooperating more on covid um and

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other global challenges . So do you

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have , how would you respond to the U .

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N . Secretary general on his call for

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the U . S . And China to be more

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friendly ? I suppose ? Well first I

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would say the President's view and this

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administration's view is that our

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relationship with china is one not of

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conflict but of competition . Uh And so

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we wouldn't agree with the

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characterization of the relationship .

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Uh As I would note in the readout of

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the President's call with President Xi

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just last week a 90 minute call that

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covered an extensive list of topics .

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Uh It was uh it was a conversation that

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was candid but it was certainly not

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elevated . Uh And we recognize that

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China is a country that while we have

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uh while we may take issue with some uh

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means they engage in the world . We

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also have areas we will want to

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continue to work together . And that is

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certainly many of the topics that were

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raised by the secretary general . The

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President obviously has a meeting with

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him later this evening . I would also

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note that tomorrow the President will

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deliver a speech as you all know at the

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U . N . General Assembly and he will

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make absolutely clear that he is not

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looking to pursue a future a new Cold

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War with any country in the world . We

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will continue to pursue our interests .

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We will continue to lift up global

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priorities . But that is not the

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objective or the policy of the United

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States . Another china related question ,

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can you say ? How concerned the

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administration is about the stability

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of china's real estate sector given the

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issues with china ever brand ? And does

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is it the administration's view that

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the People's Bank of China can keep

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those issues from spilling over into

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other sectors and possibly affecting U .

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S . Interests ? Well , let me first

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note that this is a company based in

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china whose activities are

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overwhelmingly centered in china . Uh

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That being said , we always are

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monitoring global markets . Obviously

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from the Department of Treasury

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primarily including the assessment of

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any risk to the U . S . Economy and

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stand prepared to respond appropriately

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if needed . But that monitoring what

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happened primarily from the Department

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of Treasury and our Secretary of

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Treasury of course , really quickly is

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there any reaction from the White House

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to the conviction earlier today of the

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man who inspired Hotel Rwanda who is a

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U . S . Resident . He was a recipient

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of a Presidential Medal of Freedom . I

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understand and I would like to get you

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a more comprehensive reaction to it . I

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know this is a question that others

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will have in the room . So let me

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venture to do that after the briefing .

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Go ahead doesn't want to tell President

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Macron about the submarine . Uh Well ,

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first I think has been noted in some

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reports . So let me just confirm this I

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guess um the President will have a call .

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It has yet is we're still working on

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the scheduling of it with President

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Macron in the coming days and what I

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expect the President will do on that

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call is reaffirm our commitment to

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working with one of our oldest and

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closest partners on a range of

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challenges that the global community is

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facing . Uh and he of course will uh

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will discuss recent developments and

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our ongoing work together on a range of

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issues , certainly our shared interest

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in the end of pacific but also a range

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of global challenges and issues . I

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would also note that the President

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spoke in his remarks last week ,

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acknowledging his remarks , I should

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say he acknowledged that France is a

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substantial indo pacific presence and

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is a key partner and ally and

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strengthening security and prosperity .

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But most importantly , we continue to

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look forward to our close alliance with

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France , one of our strongest

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partnerships as we work to address a

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range of issues in the world . You have

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no plans to abandon the submarine deal ?

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Yeah , no , we do not , secondly , back

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in july you opted not to lift the

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travel restrictions on international

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visitors . What's changed between then

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and now ? Well , back in july , we also

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announced that there were a series of

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working groups um that were both inter

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agency and working with a range of

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countries and partners in the world to

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determine what the most equitable uh

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and clear uh policies should be moving

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forward to resume broader international

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travel . And the older rules were not

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equitable in our view and there were a

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bit confusing and so this was an effort

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to pursue that as was announced in a

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call earlier today . But I can reaffirm

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some of the specifics that were

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announced . We starting in november ,

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we will be implementing , I should say

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in the in early november will be

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putting in place strict protocols To

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prevent the spread of COVID-19 from

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passengers flying international into

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the United States by requiring that

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adult foreign nationals traveling to

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the United States be fully vaccinated .

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Obviously this is the conclusion of a

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policy process on that particular issue .

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An important one facing many people

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around the world . Go ahead . Hey ,

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just a few quick questions on covid and

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foreign policy question for you now

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that the FDA IS vaccine advisers have

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recommended boosters for people 65

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enough . How soon do you expect

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President biden to get his booster shot

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and will do so on camera . Uh He will

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do so and he will do so on camera . Um ,

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I don't have a date for you . Exactly .

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It's important to note just to take a

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slight step back that there's still a

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couple of additional steps in the

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process . Well , you know we view the

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news on friday as an important step

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forward in protecting more people ,

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saving more lives . Um The the steps

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now is that UKIP is planning to meet

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based on their recommendation were of

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course prepared to operationalize on

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the plan and that includes having the

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president get his booster shot as well .

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Is the president still being tested for

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covid regularly ? And if so how often ?

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Uh he is tested regularly . He was

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tested last week and his test was

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negative but he has tested regularly

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just lastly on this front . Has he

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gotten or does he plan to get a flu

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shot ? I will have I will talk to his

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doctor . I got a flu shot last week .

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They're broadly available . But I will

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check and see if we have an answer to

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that question . The foreign policy

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front with the U . N . Visit tomorrow .

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Uh President biden came into office

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declaring that America is back and

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vowing to reinvigorate us alliances .

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But in recent weeks we've seen european

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allies be unsettled by the execution of

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the U . S . Has withdrawal from

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Afghanistan . The administration has

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admitted to mistakenly killing 10

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civilians in this drone strike . And

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now the U . S . Oldest satellite France

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has recalled its ambassador after being

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blindsided by this submarine deal with

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Australia . So my question to you is

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how is the president going to restore

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us credibility at the U . N . This week

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after all of that . Well why don't I

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give you a preview a bit of what you

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can hear the president talk about

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tomorrow in his remarks and obviously

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as you know , he'll have a number of

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bilateral meetings tomorrow as well as

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later this week . To the degree of

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questions I'm happy to speak to those

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as well . But what you'll hear him talk

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about tomorrow is the president's going

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to lay out the case for why the next

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decade will determine our future not

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just for the United States but for the

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global community . And he will talk and

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this will be a central part of his

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remarks about the importance of

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reestablishing our alliances after the

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last several years . Also think it's

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important to note that re establishing

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alliances doesn't mean that you won't

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have disagreements or you won't have

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disagreements about how to approach any

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particular issue in the world . That is

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not the bar for having an alliance and

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important uh partnership uh that has

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never been . Uh and and it is not

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currently uh and his with the goal of

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course of increasing the prospect of

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security and diminishing the prospect

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of war . He'll also make clear that for

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many of the greatest concerns we have

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Uh they cannot be solved or even

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addressed through the force of arms

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whether that is preparing for the next

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pandemic . Something the United States

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continues to be the global leader on

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providing more vaccines to the world

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than every other country combined

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addressing the threat of climate change ,

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as we look all look ahead to cop 26

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leveling the economic playing field ,

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fighting for democracy at home and

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abroad and against threats from

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cybersecurity uh ranging from cyber

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security to emerging technologies and

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terrorism . Finally , he will also

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reaffirm that the United States is not

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turning inward uh including as we look

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to the decision the United States made

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the president made to bring our troops

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home from Afghanistan . Anyone who

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reads that is not in that way is not

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reading it accurately . He will talk

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about his objective of turning our

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focus and our resources to the

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priorities and regions of the world

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that are the most consequential . You

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know , what happened in recent weeks

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and some of the criticism that he's

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faced in many of the capitals of the

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allies whose partnerships you plan to

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vowed to reinvigorate , Does he believe

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there's work to be done to restore that

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credibility ? Or is there a country

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we'll tell me which which country is

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telling you that ? We don't have

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credibility in the world ? I didn't say

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countries are saying there's no

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credibility , but there has been

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criticism in foreign capitals in recent

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weeks , including with many of those

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partners who the president said he was

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going to reinvigorate these alliances

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with . So how does he see ? But what I

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think it's the reason I asked that

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question is because I think it's

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important to note that criticism of the

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decision is different from criticism of

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the credibility and leadership of the

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United States broadly speaking . And if

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you look back through the course of the

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last several decades prior to the last

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administration , there are points of

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disagreement , including when we have

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disagreed with the decision to other

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countries are making decisions points

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of when countries have disagreed with

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the decisions we're making . But the

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larger point here and what you'll hear

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the president talk about tomorrow is

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that we are committed to those

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alliances and that always requires work

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from every president , from every

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global leader . And his commitment is

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to make sure we are directing our

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energy , our resources , our diplomacy

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and our efforts on the biggest

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challenges we're facing in the world .

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And to him that is the threat of

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climate , the threat of democracy ,

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threat of leveling the importance of

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leveling the economic playing field ,

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addressing and preparing for the next

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pandemic . Those are all issues that we

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will continue to work with our partners

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on , including those who may disagree

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with decisions we've made about a

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variety of issues . Go ahead . David

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back on the submarine . So , in the

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conversation with President Macron , is

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it President biden's view that the

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United States is responsible in any way

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for some kind of reparations ? Some

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kind of deal that will make up for part

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of the economic loss and also give a

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greater sense of a working partnership

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or is it his view that it's really up

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to Australia uh to make up any kind of

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economic alongside of this , if there's

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any any loss to be made up at all ?

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Well , I know from a range of reporting ,

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including perhaps yours , that there

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were a couple 100 jobs that they

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anticipate being lost in France and

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certainly that is a factor for them

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domestically . We understand that , but

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I think you can expect the President's

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call will be more about reaffirming the

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our commitment , the United States is

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commitment to our alliance to our

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partnership uh and to working together

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on a range of issues including security

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in the indo pacific uh that that will

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be the broad focus of the call more .

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Um when you were in the Obama

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administration , we often talked about

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the need to reduce the amount of highly

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enriched uranium that's moving around

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the world . President Obama ran a

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number of summits . You'll recall that

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were aimed at converting reactors from

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H E U L . E . U . So here we are ,

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helping Australia , a very good player .

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A well known nonproliferation advocate

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uh by having them build h a year . We

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act , we're building it for them

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without any reference to problems with

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Australia . What message does that send

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to the rest of the world about how

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committed we are on this ? Well , first

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David , um the President's position and

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commitment to non proliferation has not

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changed . We're committed to renewing

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american leadership and

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nonproliferation and addressing the

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existential threat posed by nuclear

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weapons . Uh this , in our view is an

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exceptional case , not a precedent

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setting case , as many of you know ,

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and have followed this closely . We're

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not talking about nuclear armed

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submarines . I know you're asking me

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about Uh enriched uranium , but it's

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important for people to understand that

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as well . These are conventionally

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armed submarines that are powered by

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nuclear reactors . There's also an 18

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month process that we are undergoing on

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the implementation of this . But again ,

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this was a decision made working with a

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country that has a long history , Uh

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the Australia , as does the United

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Kingdom as the United States of being

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steadfast and support for nuclear non

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proliferation and for the regime and

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its cornerstone , the npt . And we all

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are committed to complying with our

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respective nonproliferation obligations

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as we implement over the next 18 months .

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What thanks can follow up on France .

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First of all , you said you expect to

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call the next few days have the french

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actually committed to a call ? We're in

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Yes , we're an active conversation

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about a call being sent to voicemail .

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No , I don't think so . Following up on

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the drum strike last week that the

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pentagon now admits was a tragic

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mistake . What was the president's

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response when he learned about that ?

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Well , the President was briefed on

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friday morning about the the

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report that was going to be released

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and put out , I would say first , the

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President's view and all of our view is

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that the loss of any civilian life is a

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tragedy , as was as was made clear in

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the comments by the Secretary of

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Defense , by General Mackenzie . Uh

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This was done in error . Uh And clearly

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uh the investigation that will continue

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is something the President broadly

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supports . So as a human being as a

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President , as somebody who has

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overseen Loss in a variety of scenarios ,

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both as a leader and personally it is

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his reaction is it's a tragedy and

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every loss is a tragedy . And he

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supports the efforts to the effort to

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move this forward as quickly as

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possible and to have a thorough

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investigation . And there's an ongoing

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investigation should be anticipated

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that someone would be fired demoted ,

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not promoted past over held accountable

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within the military ranks for this . I

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think what's important is that um the

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Secretary of Defense and uh the

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Chairman , uh General Mackenzie came

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forward and made very clear that this

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was uh they wanted to see this move

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forward quickly . They wanted to be as

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transparent as possible . They wanted

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to learn from what had happened . It's

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also important to note what the

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circumstances were here and when the

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strike was made , this was a scenario

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where there were direct threats from

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ISIS K against our troops who were on

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the ground in Afghanistan . Uh And that

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was the scenario where the strike was

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made . Obviously it was done in error

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and obviously there was a horrific

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tragedy that happened . But I'm not

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going to predict what the impact will

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be one more on Afghanistan . Back on

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october august 26th , the president

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said I've also ordered my commanders to

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develop operational plans to strike

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ISIS K . Assets , leadership and

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facilities . We will respond with force

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and precision at our time at the place

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we choose in the moment of our choosing .

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Should we still be anticipating that

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there will be military response to what

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happened there in Kabul against ISIS K .

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Yes , I think it's important . This is

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a good question that's been asked . I

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think this is a version of what you're

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asking , but others have asked me this ,

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um , you know , there's a difference

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between a self defense strike based on

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an imminent threat to U . S . Forces .

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That's why I referenced that , who are

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obviously on the ground and these were

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threats as you all lived through and

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covered and as we communicated about in

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the moment and an over the horizon

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strike where we typically expect to

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have more time uh to assess both the

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threat and the potential target . That

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is a point . General Mackenzie made an

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important point . I think for people to

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understand as we assess over the

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horizon threats and targets moving

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forward in the future . At some point ,

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there may be some , Well , I would say

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of course the president's desire to

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continue to go after ISIS K has not

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changed one last one and then unrelated

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to the issue of immigration , the

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ruling from the parliamentarian , that

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legalization for dreamers can't be part

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of the reconciliation is currently

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crafted . Given this is a top priority

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for a key voting bloc Latinos here in

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this White House . How personally

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engaged might the president get on this

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because of specific alternative

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proposals that have a chance of

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actually getting passed under this kind ?

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Well , there are a number of senators

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who have spoken to their intention of

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putting forward alternative proposals

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because of their commitment and our

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shared commitment of course , to moving

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immigration reform forward and

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protecting dreamers and others . Uh ,

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and so the president supports those

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efforts and certainly he has long

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stated his , uh , support for

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immigration being a part of

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reconciliation . That's really the next

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step in the process . But there are a

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number of members who are already

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working on that . I'll go to your next

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april . Let me just go ahead . Well ,

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I'll start there . Okay , so the crisis

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of the border and del Rio , we heard

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Dhs to continue expulsions under Title

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42 . So what is the White House's

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message to Haitian immigrants seeking

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asylum ? Is there a place for them ?

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Well , I think it's important for

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people to understand a couple of the

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components of what's happening right

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now on the ground . One . We extended

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TPS , uh , several months ago and and

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again re evaluated to ensure that we

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were taking into account what was

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happening on the ground in Haiti so

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that I understand that that does apply

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to people who are here , who arrived

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before a certain date . And I think

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that's an important component of what's

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happening . If you're talking about the

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situation on the ground in del Rio one ,

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it's a challenging situation . It's

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devastating to watch this footage . I

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think it's important for people to also

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know that what we're trying to do is

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also protect people . One we've been

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conveying that , uh , this is not the

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time to come . We have been

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implementing Title 42 . That's not just

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about people in the United States .

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That's also about protecting migrants

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who would come and come in mass groups

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and be in mass groups . We are also

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surging resources and taking a multi

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pronged approach . We've been working

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with the american red cross to being in

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bring in much needed resources . We've

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worked with World Central Kitchen to

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bring in meals and we have been

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expediting repatriation flights , both

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to a range of countries in South and

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central America where people may have

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come from if they are , can be accepted

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back and some back to Haiti . That is

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what our focus is on at this point in

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time . And our message continues to be ,

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as you've heard , Secretary of the

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orcas convey now is not the time to

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come . Uh , for a range of reasons ,

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including we don't have , uh , the

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immigration system up and running in

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the way we want , including there's

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still a pandemic entitled 42 remains in

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place . And these are the steps that

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we're taking in part to protect the

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border communities as well as the

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migrants themselves Democratic quickly .

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Um , There will be a government

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shutdown if Congress doesn't act in 10

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days . Can you tell us what the impact

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of a government shutdown would be on

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the COVID response from the White House ?

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Well , our effort right now is to

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prevent a government shutdown . Um ,

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and to ensure we are not facing a

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government shutdown . Um , and as we

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get closer , we can certainly discuss

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that . But right now that's where our

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energies are . Go ahead and go back on .

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I hear that digging in the weeds a

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little bit more . The process for

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Haitian migrants is always in this

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nation's in different than other

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nations . You have people like

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee ,

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who's calling for equal treatment and

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fairness when it comes to the Haitians

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at the border . And overall , you're

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allowing afghans to come in afghan

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supporters to come in as well as

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mexicans and then patients are not

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allowed . Can you speak to that ? The

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issue of equity and fairness ?

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Absolutely everyone . I appreciate your

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question . Let me just take these

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different pieces side by side , right

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one . Our immigration policy is not

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about one country or , uh ,

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discriminate against one country over

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another . We want to end that and put ,

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and hopefully put an end to what we saw

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over the last four years . Let me start

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with afghan allies , afghans who are

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arriving in our country are entering in

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a sanctioned , uh , an orderly process

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that includes vetting and security

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screenings led by the departments of

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State Defense and Homeland Security .

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Uh , it's not about one particular

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country of origin , but we've outlined

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very specifically in here what those

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processes look like as individuals who

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were evacuated , go to lily pad

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countries , go through security vetting

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before they come to the United States

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on a range of programs , uh , as it

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relates to individuals were coming

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across the border wherever there ,

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wherever they're coming from , Whatever

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country they're coming from titled 42

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remains in place . There are a range of

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programs that people who are in the

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country can apply for or may be

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eligible for including TPS for Haiti ,

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which is something that we still are

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continuing to look at and review . The

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Secretary of State , the Secretary of

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Homeland Security are constantly

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assessing circumstances on the ground

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that would necessitate a TPS

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designation for any country . And

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they've obviously made a couple of

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designations over the course of the

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next couple of months as it relates to

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Haiti , no matter whether it's the

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people who left the patients that left

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In 2010 and travel to South America and

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now trying to travel here or the ones

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who left after this earthquake . Either

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way , what is there for them to go back

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to when these planes are taking them

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back ? The nation is an unrest . The

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president was assassinated . Their

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gangs . That people are scared to ,

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they're scared of democratic rule is

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not necessarily in place . That people

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are calling particularly those here in

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this nation of calling for the

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elections not to be held , you know ,

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on time because of unrest there . And

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then you also have the issue of the

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earthquakes . So what is there to go

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back to ? What are you deporting them

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back to ? Well , april I will say that

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our objective and our focus is not only

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in uh implementing current immigration

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policies . We have also been working to

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provide a range of assistance , working

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closely with officials from the

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government . As individuals are going

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back to Haiti to provide a range of

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financial assistance , to provide a

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range of technical assistance that is

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ongoing . And we certainly support and

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want to be good actors in supporting

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Haiti during a very difficult time , as

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you noted , with a government that is

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still working to get back to a point of

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stability with recovery from an

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earthquake . And that's why we have a

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range of uh programs , options as well

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as financial support in place . Okay ,

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good follow up question immigration ,

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if the big picture right now , how

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confident is the president that will be

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able to enact some sort of long term

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pathway to legal status for millions of

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undocumented immigrants at some point

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before the midterms , whether it's

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through reconciliation for a long time

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before the midterms . I know that's a

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tough thing for you to hear , but it's

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a long time before the midterms . I

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can't give a projection for you . It

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depends on a lot of factors , including

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working with members of Congress . What

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I can tell you though is that the

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President is absolutely committed to

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putting in place a path to citizenship ,

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to putting in place long overdue

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managed measures to fix our immigration

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system to make it more moral humane ,

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uh , and workable , frankly . And

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obviously he supported and continues to

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support having immigration measures as

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a part of the reconciliation process .

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And as I noted , to add the next step

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is really to see alternatives and

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proposed by senators who have already

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said they have every intention of doing

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exactly that all the same lines . Just

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to follow up on that . We've also seen

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the parliamentarian rule against the

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effort to increase the minimum wage

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through a reconciliation bill . We've

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seen other priorities on the hill that

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both the president democrats campaigned

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on police reform , gun control also

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stall there . Is there a recognition in

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the White House now that some of the

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priorities that he and the party

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campaigned for last year are just

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simply not going to happen , not going

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to become reality before them . No , go

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ahead . Thank you back to the drone

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strike . You said last month , our over

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the horizon capacity can work and has

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worked in going after ISIS targets and

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killing people who went after our

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troops . But You guys didn't kill

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people who went after our troops killed

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10 civilians , including seven Children .

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So does the president still think these

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over the horizon strikes can work ?

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Absolutely . And I will just reiterate

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as our Secretary of Defense conveyed as

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Secretary , as General Mackenzie

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conveyed uh that there was a serious

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mistake . The Secretary of Defense is

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authorized , as I noted before . A

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thorough review of the investigation

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just completed by US Central Command ,

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including the degree to which the

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investigation considered all available

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context and information , the degree to

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which accountability measures seem to

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be taken at which level and the degree

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to which strike authorities procedures

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and processes need to be altered in the

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future . That's an important process .

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I would note which I noted earlier that

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there's a difference between a self

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defense strike , which is exactly what

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this was . And I would note there was

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one prior to this that was a successful

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self defense strike and uh and those

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that that disposing an imminent threat

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to U . S . Forces who were , as we all

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know on the ground at that time facing

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real threats in real time and and over

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the horizon strike , where we typically

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expect to have more time to assess both

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the threat and the potential target .

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Uh that is a different approach and it

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requires a different approach and has a

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different approach internally and

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General Mackenzie spoke to that last

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week as well . Some of the victims

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relatives are saying that they want to

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be relocated here . Is that something

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that the administration is going to

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help them do ? I'm certainly , I'm not

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aware of that request . I'm or that

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that ask , I'm happy to certainly speak

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to our national security team and see

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what that process will look like .

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Question about what's going on at the

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border . Is somebody asking the foreign

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nationals who are locking in abdel rio

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texas and setting up camps on this side

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of the border for proof of vaccination

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for a negative covid test . Well ,

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first of all , I can really can

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readdress for you or we re talk you

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through what steps we take policy for

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people who fly into the country . So if

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somebody walks into the country right

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across the river , does somebody ask

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them to see their vaccination card ?

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Well , let me explain to you again ,

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peter how our process works . As

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individuals , as individuals come

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across the border . Uh , and uh , they

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are both assessed for whether they have

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uh , any symptoms , if they have

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symptoms , they are , the intention is

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for them to be quarantined . That is

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our process . They're not intending to

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stay here for a lengthy period of time .

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I don't think it's the same thing .

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It's not the same thing . These are

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individuals as we've noted . And as

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we've been discussed , we are expelling

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individuals based on title 42

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specifically because of Covid , because

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we want to prevent a scenario where

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large numbers of people are gathering

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posing a threat to the community and

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also to the migrants themselves . So

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those are the policies that we put in

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place um in large part because again

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the C . D . C . Continues to recommend

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title 40 to be in place given we're

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facing a global pandemic . Is the Vice

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president on any of this . Isn't she

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supposed to be addressing the root

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causes of migration ? Absolutely . And

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she has been addressing the root causes

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of migration by working with countries

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in the region to ensure they have the

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assistance they need to reduce the

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number of people who are coming and

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trying to make those journeys across

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the border . We've actually seen some

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reductions in some of those numbers .

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That doesn't change the fact that this

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is a very challenging situation in Del

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Rio . We're working to implement our

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policies and we're working to ensure we

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are also addressing their cause is just

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a quick one on boosters . Why did the

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president say in august just remember

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as a simple rule eight months after

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your second shot get a booster shot .

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If there is not enough data to support

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that for the general population . Well

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what the President also said is that I

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want to be very clear the plan is

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pending the FDA conducting an

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independent evaluation of the safety

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and effectiveness of a third dose of

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the Pfizer and moderna vaccines and the

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C . D . C . S . Advisory committee . We

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are right now in the week of september

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20th . The advisory committee is

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meeting on thursday . We've seen some

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recommendations that we felt was a step

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forward in providing more protection to

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people across the country and we'll

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wait for that process to play out our

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objective in our role is to ensure we

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have the capacity the number of shots

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to provide them to the american people .

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16 18 FDA advisers say there is not the

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science . The president talks about

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following the science . Is this a case

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of him getting ahead of the science ?

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Well first of all I think what you

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heard dr Collins and uh dr Fauci convey

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yesterday is that this is going to be

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an ongoing process . I would remind you

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that the percentage of individuals at

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this point who would be eligible to get

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a booster are largely people over 65

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because those are people who would have

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had the second dose six months ago . If

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we're looking at when we're going to

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have available data , that's what the C .

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D . C . And the FDA looks at . They

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need enough data to make assessments .

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No one is suggesting that there will

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never be boosters were suggesting that

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there needs to be a process to be seen

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through for when boosters should be

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approved and when a broader swath the

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population is eligible . Go ahead to

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the international covid vaccine

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requirements for travelers . A number

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of individuals and european allies have

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been pressing for access to the United

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States , families have been separated

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business relationships that have been

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affected by it . And so before the

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president goes to the United Nations

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General Assembly and has meetings with

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foreign partners . This is when the

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decision is announced , the vaccination

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will allow people to come into the

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country . Is that part of the

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President's sort of foreign policy

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outreach this week ? The timing of this

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decision , If we were going to make

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things much easier for ourselves , we

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would have done it prior to june when

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the president has his first foreign

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trip or earlier this summer . Uh , this

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is when the process concluded , we want

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to make the information available to

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the public . We're basing it on science

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and when the process concluded and here

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we are today . Do you anticipate that

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americans who are coming back to the

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United States who would be affected by

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this having to be tested ? Would there

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be any opt out policy for those who , I

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don't want to do you mean people who

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don't want to be vaccinated , who are

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americans vaccinated americans who

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would be flying home from foreign

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travel ? So there would still be

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requirements for these four individuals

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americans who are not vaccinated

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including providing proof of a negative

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test result taken within one day of

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their departure and providing proof

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they have purchased a viral test to be

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taken after arrival um , for americans

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who are not fully vaccinated . Which at

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this point but obviously apply to

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Children as well . And one last point

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given the whole political timing or at

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least the timing seen in a political

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context of this vaccine requirement .

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Following up on what Jeremy was asking

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does the president go into U . N . G .

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A . Knowing that his relationship with

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allies has hit a bumpy patch . I

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think the president's view having been

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on the world scene for 50 years is that

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you always have to work on your

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relationships . Uh and that includes

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with global leaders . But he believes

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that our relationships are sustaining

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over the course of many decades . Uh

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that every step he's taken from the

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moment he took office was with the

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intention of rebuilding alliances and

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rebuilding those partnerships that were

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afraid over the last four years . And

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his view as I have conveyed over the

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course of the early part of the

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briefing is that that doesn't mean that

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the bar is we will always agree with

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everything our partners and allies do

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nor will they agree with everything we

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do . But that our relationships are

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stronger . They have a stronger basis

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that we have an opportunity to work

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together on the global issues that the

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world is facing . And that's what he

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expects the focus of the next few days

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to be Some of the President's

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counterparts who will be in attendance

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at the U . N . This week have not

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gotten vaccinated . Some have had covid

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in the past any pause and sending the

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president into the U . N . General

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Assembly chamber and the potential it

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could be a super spreader . We

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obviously take a range of precautions

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including ensuring the president is

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tested . Obviously he's vaccinated but

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there is no intention to change our

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plans to have him deliver a speech .

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Their questions approaching the

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question that Peter was asking you

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about but perhaps approach me on behalf

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of people who look at what happened

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last week were disappointed . They may

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be six plus months out from their

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second shot and they want a booster

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shot today . They don't want to wait .

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Can you explain the process to those

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people and certain concerns in

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particular get to the question of

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accountability Because it was the 8th

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health experts who surround the

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president who is best known to the

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country . Perhaps most trusted by the

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country who suggested that this would

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be the week Who were these people who

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were deciding that it shouldn't be this

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week or that shouldn't be people under

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the age of 65 . Well even those eight

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health experts to your right put out

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the statement in august based on data

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that we had that they had available to

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them as health experts suggesting the

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waning influence or the waning impact .

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I should say uh the waning

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effectiveness of vaccines . They felt

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they had a responsibility to make their

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recommendations . Their views public to

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the american people that's exactly what

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they did . There's also a process in

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place for a reason . And I would say I

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think any of us would say to anyone who

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is frustrated or who wants to have

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their booster shot . Now that process

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is in place for a reason so that you

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can trust what the final recommendation

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and the final outcome is . Uh and it

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includes obviously last week um there

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was the FDA had their own review in

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their own process of formal meeting of

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the advisory committee . A C . I . P .

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Is meeting this week . But this this is

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not the last meeting . I think that's

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important for people to understand .

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And dr Fauci referenced this yesterday

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there will be additional data . There

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will be additional data from probably

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moderna from J and J . Others . In the

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coming weeks there'll be more data for

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people who are younger than 65 . They

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will look at all of that . This is an

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ongoing process . This is not a

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decision that there will never be

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boosters for others . This is the first

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step in a process . A positive one in

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our view about protecting more people

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and but it is also important to keep

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the FDA as the gold standard and ensure

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that process proceeds so people can

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trust their recommendations . Go ahead .

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Thank you . So just to follow up on

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David's question . So it sounds like

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there isn't an offering that works to

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the french to ameliorate some of the

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harm to the U . S . French relations .

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No no offer in the works to make up

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with some of the economic damage the

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real focus of the meeting or the of the

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call I should say whenever it's

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finalized and scheduled is about

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reaffirming our commitment , the

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president's commitment the United

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States commitment to our partnership

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and to working together on a range of

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issues including the indo pacific .

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Just to clarify that means we're not

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offering the french . I'm not aware of

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a plan to offer anything on that drone

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strike . Do you know if there's any

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discussions with the administration of

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the US to pay some of the families of

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the victims of jones . Right . That is

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something that was referenced by

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General Mackenzie reference I should

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say ex gratia payments and they're

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exploring that option from the

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Department of Defense . But I really

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point you to them and then one more

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thing on um I'm not an international

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travel . Do you know if there's any

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discussion right now about how the U .

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S . Will decide who is vaccinated .

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What counts is vaccinated ? Will the

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chinese vaccine vaccine account with

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the Russian vaccine ? Count Astrazeneca .

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Is there discussion on what exactly is

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a vaccine vaccinated ? Yes this is all

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part of the process . It's going to be

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implemented again in early november .

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In terms of how the proof of process

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will work which is a very good question .

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That's part of what the implementation

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inter agency discussions will focus on .

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We'll have an answer before november .

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Yes , exactly . Hopefully sooner than

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that . Go ahead . Just a technical

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thing on the international travel

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policy . You talk about unvaccinated

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americans . What about like green

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cardholders , visa holders , would they ?

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People who who under the current travel

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policy can get into the country , would

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they have to be vaccinated or would

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they have to do the testing protocol

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like americans ? That's a really good

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question . I'll have to ask what the

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specification is there for them . And

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then on immigration and the

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parliamentarian's ruling , you've sort

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of gotten at this . But I'm just

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wondering about the president's level

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of commitment to this being in the

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reconciliation bill . Um does it have

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to be in reconciliation ? Is there a

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point at which it gets thrown overboard

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like the minimum wage ? Did . Um And

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are there any concerns about losing

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certain senators , Democratic senators

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who insist that this d in there ? Well ,

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as our comment last night made very

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clear , the president absolutely

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supports efforts by senators who have

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already come forward . Leader Schumer

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has other senators about introducing

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alternate proposals and seeing if they

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can work their way through the process .

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So that's where we stand right now . I

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think that reflects his commitment ,

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but obviously we don't determine the

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outcome of the parliamentarian process

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and what Jenna fellow question on Haiti ,

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there are photographs and reports of

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border agents on horseback using what

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appeared to be whips on Haitian

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migrants . Does the administration view

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that as appropriate tactic . Can you

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speak to that ? There are people who

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are upset . Yeah , understandably . So ,

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um I've seen some of the footage . I

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don't have the full context . I can't

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imagine what context would make that

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appropriate . But I don't have

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additional details and certainly I

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don't have additional context april I

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don't think anyone seeing that footage .

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I would think it was acceptable or

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appropriate . Said it will be our said

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yes said saturday that federal agencies

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will be partnering with the Haitian

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government to provide assistance to the

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returnees . Can you elaborate on what

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that assistance will entail ? Exactly ?

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You mean to the people who are

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returning to Haiti ? Yes . We've been

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in close contact with the government

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about when people return what that

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looks like . Let me get you some more

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additional details about what that

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looks like when they get on the ground .

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Glad thanks so much , jen I want to

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follow up on the question about

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Haitians and specifically these these

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photos that are surfacing on border

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patrol agents seemingly using clips and

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then you said that there's no context

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that it would be seen as inappropriate .

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So the question really is why would

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this be happening under this

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administration ? Is this going to stop ?

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What would I wonder sort of what are

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going to be the consequences if what

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we're seeing is what we're seeing . I

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mean it's all good questions . We just

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saw this footage . It's horrible to

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watch . I just have to get more

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information on it . I guess april I

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don't I don't have more information on

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it . I've also seen the video . I can't

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imagine what the scenario is , where

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that would be appropriate . I'm

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certainly not suggesting that . But

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we've just seen the footage short

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earlier this morning . Also , I was

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talking to Haitian american actor the

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kids this weekend . They say that

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deporting people back to Haiti is like

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dropping people into a burning house .

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This idea that the country is just not

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in a place where you can handle this .

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Haiti's Haitian officials have said ,

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can you please have a pause on this .

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Is there any sort of discussion being

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made to make exemptions for some of

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these migrants ? If so . Would those

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people be or are all these people just

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gonna end up drop back in Haiti ? Well ,

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first I would say , I mean we are

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constantly assessing circumstances on

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the ground . Obviously the Secretary of

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State and the Secretary of Homeland

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Security are the ones who would assess

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uh circumstances like TPS status which

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would be one that we granted and and

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adjusted over the course of the last

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several months to account for

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circumstances on the ground in Haiti .

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I don't can't make any predictions of

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that . But I would just reiterate that

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obviously our objective here is to not

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just work to address the circumstances

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which are very difficult in Del rio but

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also to continue to work with the

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officials in Haiti to improve the

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conditions to provide assistance .

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We're doing all of these pieces at the

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same time . It is not just one at the

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same time but I can't predict for you

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what an assessment would look like or

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what the outcome of that assessment

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would look like on the photo . I know

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you said that you're still assessing it

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but just uh if this is what we see is

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that the president stands or the White

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House's stands . Whoever these border

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agents are using what seems to be whips

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on migrants with that that they would

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be fired or at least never be able to

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do that again . Of course they should

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never be able to do it again . I don't

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know what the circumstances would be .

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It's obviously horrific the footage . I

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don't have any more information on it .

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So let me venture to do that and we'll

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see if there's more to convey Karen .

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Go ahead . I think april I

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absolutely understand your question . I

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think I've been very clear about how

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horrific the footage is . I don't have

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more information as a U . S . Official

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it's I've responsibility to get more

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context and information go ahead . Does

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the White House have an expectation now

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and when kids younger than 12 we'll be

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able to get the vaccine this before .

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Thanksgiving are rethinking the end of

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october what's the latest ? Right . I'm

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also and have self interest as to you .

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Karen . I understand um I think you

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hurt you saw fighter put out their data .

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Obviously that's just a step that it

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has to go through the full approval

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process . So I can't make a prediction

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of that at this point . But certainly

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we were encouraged to see that but it

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needs to move its way through the

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official government process on the

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international travel today . You talked

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about the policy process , what was the

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White House looking or the

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administration ? We're going to see in

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order to get to this point today to

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make the change the vaccination rates

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in europe . Uh and how will the contact

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tracing work and what resources will be

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put to that ? Because that's not been

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something , we've seen a really solid

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robust effort in the US on over the

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last year and a half . So this this was

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a process , This is an ongoing process

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as you all know that we discussed

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pretty extensively here . Uh C . D C .

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Is going to issue a contact tracing

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order that will require airlines to

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collect comprehensive contact

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information for every passenger coming

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to the United States and to provide

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that information promptly to the CDC

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upon request To follow up with

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travelers who have been exposed to ,

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COVID-19 variants or other pathogens

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and these requirements will apply

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globally . Uh That's a good example of

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of where the son of some of the

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considerations as we were making these

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policy decisions we had to account for

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and plan for and ensure that we could

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implement this policy in a way that was

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clear that was equitable that provided

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that that ensured that there was equal

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treatment around the world of how

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people could come into the United

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States given covid protocols . But

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that's an important question . We

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wanted to make sure we address a lot of

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those internally as well . Go ahead .

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Also on the international travel

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announcement did not include an opening

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at the land border north and south .

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His administration worried that any

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easing at the southern border would be

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contributing to the immigration

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problems . And as it was that a factor ?

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Well , this is an all an ongoing

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process right to title 19 is what is in

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place of course at land borders . It's

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being extended for another month

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through October 21 . Um uh we don't

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have any updates or predictions at this

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point in time , but obviously we're

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continuing to consider , as is evident

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by our announcement today , how we can

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return to a place of travel and uh and

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people being able to move from country

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to country including at our land

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borders . But I don't have any

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prediction of that at this point . Jan

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you may not have seen this because it

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happened just minutes before you came

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up with the Supreme Court Has set a

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December one . A hearing date for the

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Mississippi abortion law . That's a

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direct challenge to roe v wade any

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reaction . I had not seen that you're

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correct before I came out and I'm sure

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we can venture to get you a more

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substantive reaction to that . I think

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you are all familiar with what the

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position of this administration is on a

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women's right to choose , as is

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evidenced by the Department of

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Justice's announcement about their

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intention to uh there to file lawsuit

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and challenge the texas law . Given our

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commitment to protecting , I will note

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and you may have seen this . But since

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we're on this topic , a couple of

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people have asked over the course of

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time , our position on the women's

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health protect act . We rolled out a

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statement of administration policy and

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strong support of this as well this

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morning . I know different question ,

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but same pool of topics go ahead .

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Thank you so much . Following up on

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some of the Haitian migrants at the

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border told voa that they were treated

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worse than their spanish speaking

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counterparts , but they were denied the

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chance to change clothing , that they

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were not given adequate information on

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their deportation or their deportation

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status . And we have one guy say to us ,

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it was like being in jail , no food ,

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nothing . You know , what is your

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response to this ? Is this policy ? And

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then just secondly , patient americans

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say that this mass deportation and this

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treatment of people at the border is a

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the president going back on campaign

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promises to their community in which

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campaign promise uhh to help them

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kind of get over some of the challenges

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facing Haiti and also to help people

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migrate to keep us Well , the president

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committed to extending temporary

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protected status to Haiti , which is

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something he did . And he extended that

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we extended that to a longer period of

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time to account for the turmoil on the

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ground following the assassination on

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the grounds of their leader . So uh

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that was the campaign commitment that

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he made . But I think we I can assure

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people that that is not our policy .

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Obviously any circumstance where

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individuals are not treated humanely ,

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whether they are coming to our border

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or not is not in line with the biden

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administration policies . This is

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clearly a very challenging circumstance

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on the ground . One where we have

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worked under the Department of Homeland

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Security to uh expedite surge resources

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which includes um World Central Kitchen

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bringing in meals , the american red

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cross bringing in much needed resources

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to the population . Uh These are all

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steps we've taken from a humanitarian

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perspective , It does not mean that

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every individual uh that there aren't

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individuals as as you evidence that

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didn't have experiences where they did

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not have access to these resources ,

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but Our policy is to provide resources

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is to treat people humanely , but we

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also need to implement what is our law

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and what is our uh and what that is

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implementing title 42 uh and continuing

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to um to uh ensure that people who are

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not coming here lawfully are are sent

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back to the countries they came from .

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Go ahead . Last one question . The

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french , the french sub deal Lockheed

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martin had a major part of the contract

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between the Australians and the french

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headquarters down the street not far

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from you . Are they going to be carried

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over to the new US UK deal ? Do you

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know , are they going to be involved in

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that ? I'd have to check on the

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specifics of the deal . When when is

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the president going to hold another

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news conference where we can ask our

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questions to him about all these issues ,

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about inflation , about the border in

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Afghanistan ? Well , the question the

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president took questions probably four

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or five times last week . So I would

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point you to that . Thanks everyone .

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Can we see the Homeland Security

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Secretary ? Sure questions . You

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can , but it's important . Thanks