Mid-Day Update： October 22nd, 2023
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Summary
Biden White House has ordered more advanced technology weapon systems to the Middle East, including Patriot missile systems and the Advanced THAAD missile defense system. The Pentagon is also sending out more preparer to deploy orders that have gone out to an undisclosed number of troops. And turning to Washington, the House Republicans are a party divided, and the fissures are widening and the rhetoric is getting hotter by the day.
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I'm Lou Dobbs with this Great America Show midday update for October 22nd.
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There is now abundant evidence that the United States is preparing for war in the Middle East.
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The Biden White House has ordered more advanced technology weapon systems to the Middle East,
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including Patriot Missile System Battalions and the Advanced THAAD Missile Defense System.
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The Pentagon is also sending out more preparer to deploy orders that have gone out to an
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undisclosed number of troops. You may recall President Biden withdrew those missile defense
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systems two years ago, citing improved relations with Iran. Relations never improved, and Iran is
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the sponsor of Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists. Nonetheless, President Biden released freezes
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on Iranian assets, shipped them $5 billion and more. He's also ordered in two aircraft carrier
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strike groups to the eastern Mediterranean, along with forward positioning of strategic
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bombers and fighter aircraft. Communist China has also moved in a squadron of its warships
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into the Persian Gulf region, currently in Oman. The Chinese have built up significant bases in
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the region, including one in Djibouti. And turning to Washington, the House Republicans are a party
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divided, and the fissures are widening and the rhetoric is getting hotter by the day.
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The daily developments border on the absurd. The GOP conference betrayed Congressman Jim Jordan,
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who had 200 votes of the 217 necessary to win the speakership. But 100 representatives in a secret vote
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removed him as the nominee. And now there are seven candidates for the nomination,
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only two of whom could be considered conservative, none of them from the Freedom Caucus, and one an
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outright lefty. Former Speaker McCarthy backing not only a rhino but an outright liberal. And now comes
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a loyalty oath proposal pledging whoever wins among the seven would receive all of the votes of the
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conference, meaning that the Republicans not only betrayed Jim Jordan, but they denied him and those who
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voted for him the speakership quite intentionally. The fractured GOP conference, by the way, hasn't
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even taken up the Biden impeachment in all of this. Our guest today on The Great America Show is
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Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen on how states can stop rigged elections and secure the 2024
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presidential election. Join us today on The Great America Show. Please join us each and every day.
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I'm Lou Dobbs with this Great America Midday Update.