Mid-Day Update： October 14th, 2023
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Summary
The Israel-Hamas conflict is heating up in the Middle East, and President Joe Biden is under fire for his handling of the situation. Who is going to be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives? And why is the U.S. standing behind Israel and Hamas?
Transcript
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This is the Great America Midday Update for October 14th.
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Israeli troops and tanks have reportedly begun ground assaults in northern Gaza,
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the Israel Defense Force bombing Hamas targets throughout the night.
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Hezbollah in southern Lebanon has been warned not to intervene in any way.
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The United States has its most powerful aircraft carrier and guided missile strike force now
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positioned in the eastern Mediterranean to fully support Israel should there be any
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intervention by Hezbollah or any other radical Islamist groups in the region.
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The two most recent U.S. polls show overwhelming support for Israel in what is now a war with Hamas,
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supporting the Israeli invasion of Gaza and the elimination of Hamas by two-to-one and three-to-one
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margins. The Biden White House criticized for releasing frozen Iranian assets in the first place
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as much as $16 billion worth and now maintaining the money remains in a cutter bank.
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The truth is far from certain. The White House under severe criticism as well for drawing down the
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U.S. strategic petroleum reserves as war has broken out in the Middle East. Those reserves are at
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historic lows. A 17-day supply. Reuters and Gateway Pundit reporting Biden sold those hundreds of millions
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of barrels of oil to China, to India and Europe for no clear national security reason at all.
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Our reserves are now only half what they've been over the past decade.
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And Congress returns Tuesday to take what is likely their concluding vote on a new Speaker.
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Former Speaker McCarthy and other prominent Republican congressmen have thrown their support to House
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Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, who looks like the new Speaker of the House. It will be a close
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vote by any measure. And our guest today on The Great America Show is the President of the Article 3
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Project Attorney Mike Davis, as we take up Mike's views on the Israel-Hamas war, the Biden missteps that
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played a part in the Hamas attacks on Israel, who now appears to be the next Speaker of the House,
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Jim Jordan. Please join us. And please join us each and every day. I'm Lou Dobbs with the Great America Update.