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USS Abraham Lincoln pulls into California port · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: All right, out of the West Coast, let's look at
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  Speaker 1: San Diego, where the U.S. is Abraham Lincoln's. Well, are
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  Speaker 1: we going to see the picture? I guess we're not
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  Speaker 1: going to.
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  Speaker 2: See the picture.
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  Speaker 1: But CBN 72 is back home again in San Diego Harbor. Well,
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  Speaker 1: there we go. We've got some water somewhere. We're also
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  Speaker 1: learning that Iran's oil lifeline is taking a major hit.
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  Speaker 2: A U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Treasury official telling Reuters that Iran has stopped loading and
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  Speaker 1: unloading crude oil tankers with the Strait of Hormuz blockade
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  Speaker 1: and new sanctions tightening the pressure. Let's bring in retired
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  Speaker 1: two-star Marine Corps General Arnold Punaro. He is the CEO
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  Speaker 1: of the Punaro Group. And, General, thanks for being with
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  Speaker 1: us as we're endeavoring to get some pictures of the
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  Speaker 1: Lincoln returning back home to San Diego. President Trump putting
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  Speaker 1: out on True Social this morning, I think this was
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  Speaker 1: in response to an article in The Atlantic, which to
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  Speaker 1: me just made no sense at all, that the president
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  Speaker 1: was thinking of attacking Iran Again, prior to the midterm elections,
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  Speaker 1: because he's worried about the high price of oil. The
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  Speaker 1: president said we will not be attacking Iran any time
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  Speaker 1: prior to the midterm elections to be held in the
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  Speaker 1: United States on November 3rd. Iran will not have a
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  Speaker 1: nuclear weapon. We talked about this idea before. November 4th
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  Speaker 1: may be a completely different matter, General.
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  Speaker 2: Well, John, let me start by saying what we just
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  Speaker 2: heard from Jennifer Griffin, who's the gold standard for national
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  Speaker 2: security reporters. What she said is gospel. And because China
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  Speaker 2: is playing in the Middle East in the very scenario
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  Speaker 2: you just talked about. Under the leadership of the commander
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  Speaker 2: in chief, the U.S. military, including the USS Abraham Lincoln,
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  Speaker 2: that just returned home and was awarded the highest award
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  Speaker 2: a unit can get in combat, the presidential unit citation,
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  Speaker 2: they were part of the U.S. military. significantly degrading Iran's
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  Speaker 2: conventional capability and nuclear ambitions. But let's not confuse degraded
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  Speaker 2: with defeated because a wounded enemy, which Iran is, is
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  Speaker 2: still very dangerous. And because they can't go head to
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  Speaker 2: head with the U.S. military, Iran is the one that
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  Speaker 2: is actually widing the war right now. For the best
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  Speaker 2: example is their terrorist proxies, the Houthis, with major attacks
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  Speaker 2: on Saudi Arabia that resulted in significant casualties. And so
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  Speaker 2: I can understand where the president's coming from and taking
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  Speaker 2: a hard look at the current situation and responding to
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  Speaker 2: media reports that he was getting ready to start additional attacks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think the Houthis are deadly worried that the
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  Speaker 1: United States would get involved, which is why they haven't
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  Speaker 1: moved to close the Bab al-Mandab straight, at least not
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  Speaker 1: just yet. The other thing that speaks to not attacking
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  Speaker 1: Iran before the midterm elections is we've only got one
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  Speaker 1: carrier group in the region. The USS George Washington is
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  Speaker 1: on its way there, but it's sorry, the Theodore Roosevelt
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  Speaker 1: is on its way there. He's not going to be there, though,
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  Speaker 1: probably until the end of November. And I would imagine
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  Speaker 1: you don't want to launch major operations against an adversary
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  Speaker 1: when you've only got one carrier strike group on stations.
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  Speaker 2: Well, John, I would say typically our civilian and military
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  Speaker 2: leaders in the Pentagon and every administration always say we
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  Speaker 2: don't tip our hands as to what we're going to
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  Speaker 2: do or not do. You know, we never take anything
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  Speaker 2: off the table. I would say our military is always
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  Speaker 2: going to have, and I know they're now making sure
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  Speaker 2: that the president has all the options he may or
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  Speaker 2: may not need for any circumstance. So I don't think...
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  Speaker 2: the fact that we have forces flowing in and out,
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  Speaker 2: which happens all the time. I mean, if you go
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  Speaker 2: look at the past, you know, number of months, we've
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  Speaker 2: had forces flowing in and out of that region. So
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  Speaker 2: I feel confident our military will have the capability in
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  Speaker 2: the region that the president, if he decides he needs
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  Speaker 2: to use it under a variety of circumstances.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I saw one report that I thought was
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  Speaker 1: very interesting that suggested if we do go back to
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  Speaker 1: kinetic action against Iran, that Israel will get involved in
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  Speaker 1: partnership with the United States again. We all know that
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  Speaker 1: the Mossad has got exquisite intelligence. They've been following these
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  Speaker 1: Iranian leaders. They know where every one of them is.
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  Speaker 1: And you wonder, might the United States start attacking strategic facilities?
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  Speaker 1: And then Israel again goes after the leadership.
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  Speaker 2: John, it's important for our allies and partners to be
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  Speaker 2: involved with us, as the president continues to say, and
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  Speaker 2: is somewhat frustrated. But let's take the widening of the
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  Speaker 2: war by Iran and Saudi Arabia. Pakistan, which has a
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  Speaker 2: pact with, they now have troops on the ground in
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  Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia helping Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has got a
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  Speaker 2: very capable military. You and I have talked about this
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  Speaker 2: in the past. I'm a little concerned that they haven't
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  Speaker 2: been more able to take on the hooties. They really
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  Speaker 2: are going to have to do that. Obviously, we can
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  Speaker 2: provide a lot of intelligence. We can provide a lot
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  Speaker 2: of good advice and insights. But they've got a capable military.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to have to take this on. All right.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we'll see what happens. Nothing, though, before November the 3rd.
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  Speaker 1: So I think we can all stand down for a
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  Speaker 1: little while. Vigilance will be key, though. General, always good
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  Speaker 1: to talk to you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
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