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6.16.26 · Washington Post

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the reading of the Washington Post for Tuesday,
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June sixteenth, twenty twenty six. As a reminder, Radio I
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or have other disabilities that make it difficult to read
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printed material. Your reader for to day is Cindy Fraser.
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To day's front page headlines from the Washington Post are
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gun rights activists when rapid rollbacks Trump administration oversees removal
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of firearms regulations. Next Israeligh's denounced Trump's peace deal with Iran.
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Natyahoo's critics supporters label it a catastrophe. The next headline,
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Trump claims victory in war. No word yet on nuclear weapons.
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President says oil will flow through straight again. Our next headline,
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brain implant changes in als patient's life. Research shows new
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brain computer interface is massive potential. Next, Chattanooga hosts star
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studded Spain as a city prepared to welcome the World Cup. Favorite,
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no detail was too small, And the final headline from
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today's front page, President through a party for himself and America.
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Trump received a mix of cheers and booze at UFC
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event on his birthday. Now let's turn to our first item,
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entitled gun rights activists when rapid rollbacks Trump administration oversees
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removal of firearm regulations by Perry Stein. When the Justice
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Department unveiled its long promised rollback of gun regulations this spring,
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senior officials declared that, if implemented, the nearly three dozen
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proposals would cut through unnecessary government bureaucracy without risking public safety.
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The thirty four proposals hit on regulations around buying, selling,
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and ownings, including changing rules about safety notices, reducing the
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paperwork needed to buy guns, and making it easier to
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access some firearm accessories. But tucked inside a government analysis
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of one proposal, which would relax restrictions that prevent people
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from possessing firearms if they are deemed mentally unfit to
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manage certain government benefits, is a startling admission about the
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potentially deadly impact. This risk may be minimal or may
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be considerably greater, up to and including potential mass casualty
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events based upon the strength of state and federal processes
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regarding guardianship and involuntary commitment. Reads the warning on the rule,
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which was published April twenty nine. That disclaimer highlights the
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vast range of possible impacts coming from the Trump administration's
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rapid efforts to reshape American gun policies, often with little
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congressional or public scrutiny. In the last seventeen months, the
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Trump administration has delivered win after win for the nation's
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most ardent gun rights advocacy groups, chipping away at dozens
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of federal regulations. While many of these efforts target regulations
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from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the
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law enforcement agency within the Justice Department tasked with regulating
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the nation's millions of firearms, the administration's work stretches across
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the executive branch. Supporters of tighter gun restrictions have pilloried
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the Trump administration, saying officials are acting recklessly and could
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endanger the public with a wholesale rollback of regulations, but
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gun rights advocates who portrayed the Biden administration as trampling
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on the Second Amendment have praised the current administration's actions
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as a needed corrective. Trump vowed on the campaign trail
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to be a pro Second Amendment president and pledged that
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under his leadership, no one will lay a finger on
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your firearms. He said he would roll back Biden era
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ATF regulations and receive the backing of big gun rights groups. Critics, however,
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have said that the Trump administration's pushed to unwine gun
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regulations contradicts the president's tough on crime political agenda, and
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they say the efforts could make it easier for potentially
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dangerous people to access firearms. One example they cite was
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the Justice Department's move in the early months of Trump's
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second term to rescind a Biden era zero tolerance policy
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that pulled licenses from firearm dealers if they intentionally falsified
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records or sold weapons without running a background check. Gun
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rights advocates argued that the policy punished law abiding gun
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sellers who made innocent clerical mistakes, while the Biden administration
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said it was an effective way to crack down on
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gun traffickers. Groups that push for stronger regulations on guns
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have lambasted the most recent ATF proposals, arguing that they
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were recklessly crafted with little regard to public safety. Experts
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and gun control advocates interviewed for this article highlighted the
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admission about potential mass casualty events as an example of
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how the administration's desired changes seem to favor gun access
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over public safety. The mass casualty warning was included in
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a proposal to lift restrictions that currently prohibit people from
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possessing guns if they have been deemed not mentally fit
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to handle their social security or veterans benefits. The ATF
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proposal would allow people to buy guns even if they
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have been deemed unfit to handle those benefits, with officials
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saying that someone deemed incompetent to handle their finances does
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not mean they cannot responsibly handle firearms. The proposal would
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also claire that people who are involuntarily committed to a
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mental health institution would be barred from owning firearms. People
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who voluntarily went to such facilities would not be ats.
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Admission that these policy changes could result in mass casualties
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is a slap in the face to every American who
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checks for the exits every time they walk into a movie, theater, mall,
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or house of worship. John Finblatt, president of every Town
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for Gun Safety, a gun control advocacy group, said in
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a statement. Administration officials have pushed back on criticism, saying
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they were making necessary changes to regulations and describing the
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mass casualty events language as an effort to summarize a
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wide range of possibilities. At a House Appropriations Committee hearing
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this month, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was asked about
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the mass Casualty event warning and said officials are working
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to make it easier for law enforce to ensure that
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only people who can have guns have guns. The analysis
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you are talking about is not true when we talk
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about potentials with new regulations that includes a variety of possibilities,
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Blanche said, in response to a question from a Democratic lawmaker.
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The regulations that we are changing are outdated and the
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system is not up to date. Robert Lighter, ATF's General Council,
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is credited with crafting many of the regulations and said
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authorities must lay out every possible risk scenario in its proposals,
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even unlikely outcomes. The public then has ninety days to
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weigh in on whether they think the regulation should be enacted.
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The purpose of the legally mandated comment period, according to Lighter,
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is to determine whether the potentially dangerous drawbacks to these
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regulations exist. Once the comment period is over, agency officials
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can decide whether to move forward and enact the original
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proposal or modify it before it goes into a fact.
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A proposed regulation that would shorten the time gun dealers
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have to keep sale records, reducing it from indefinitely to
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either twenty or thirty years, depending on the circumstance warrants.
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As a change could make it harder for law enforcement
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to trace certain firearms used in crimes. We are required
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to weigh the risks, so that is what we are asking.
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Is it minimal, moderate, or high? Lighter said Still. For
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the most far right gun rights activists, many of whom
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called for Congress and the Trump administration to abolish ATF altogether,
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the regulations do not go far enough. The country does
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not have a federal database of gun owners, but groups,
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including Gun Owners of America, for example, believe that forcing
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firearm sellers to retain sale records is akin to a registry.
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The group generally does not support proposals that amend or
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loosen the record keeping process, calling instead for an end
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to it. If a rule protects gun owners and respects
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the Constitution, that is a step in the right direction,
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said Eric Pratt, senior vice president for Gun Owners of America.
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But if ATF continues pushing rules that infringe on the
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Second Amendment or threaten the privacy of law abiding gun owners,
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we will see them in court. In the United States,
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Congress is responsible for passing the nation's gun laws, but
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ATF and other federal agencies are able to set regulations
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based on their interpretation of laws set by Congress. Democratic
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administrations traditionally take stricter interpretations, while Republicans generally take approaches
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that would loosen gun control laws. In twenty twenty two,
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Congress passed the Bipartisans Safer Communities Act, which was the
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most significant piece of gun control legislation passed in decades.
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ATF under Biden was tasked with crafting reas regulations around
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the newly passed laws. Among the major regulations Biden officials
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implemented as part of the legislation trying to close the
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loophole that allowed people to sell firearms online, at gun
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shows and at other informal venues without conducting background checks
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on those who purchased them. Trump campaigned on aggressively expanding
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access to firearms, and efficacy groups had been clamoring for
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rapid and significant changes in this latest rollback. ATF has
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proposed eliminating or softening some of the regulations implemented during
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Biden's term, including easing the gun show rule. At the
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White House, Trump signed a broad executive order in February
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twenty twenty five to quote protect Second Amendment rights that
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called on the Attorney General to review Biden era policies.
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Trump's political appointees responded. Within the Justice Department, a newly
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formed Second Amendment Group is tasked with filing lawsuits against
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states that Trump administration officials argue have unlawfully enacted strict
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gun laws. While there have been no big victories in
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court so far, federal lawyers in that section have sued
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multiple jurisdictions, including Colorado and DC for gun restrictions they
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argue go beyond federal law. At the US Postal Service,
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the Trump administration has proposed lifting a century old rule
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limiting who can mail firearms within states. The Department of
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Veterans Affairs has also moved to restore gun access to
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some veterans. Officials with the ATF have been working since
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the first months of the Trump administration to slash regulations.
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As Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the longtime career General
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Counsel at ATF, and installed Lighter, a former law school
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professor and pro gun rights attorney who has long advocated
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for less burdensome fire firearms regulations in the position. The
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regulations proposed by Trump's administration range in their scope and implications.
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One would lift a rule that requires gun store owners
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to post a sign and provide written notice to buyers
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reminding them that it is illegal to sell or transfer
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firearms to juveniles. The proposal says that the public is
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now well aware of this law and in twenty twenty
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six can easily look the law up online. Another would
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change a rule that requires people who own machine guns
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and short barrel rifles to inform ATF if they travel
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between states with the firearms and be approved. Under the
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new rules, owners would only have to inform ATF if
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they move for more than a year. The administration has
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also proposed rescinding a Biden error regulation that applied more
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security checks on gun owners and sellers who use unregulated
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stabilizing braces to effectively transform pisil into more deadly rifles.
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Under the proposals, ATF would also shorten and streamline the
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federal form required to purchase a firearm, reducing it to
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four pages from seven, a change that gun rights advocacy
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groups have long pushed. Another regulation says that on these forms,
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officials would clarify that potential buyers must mark their biological
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sex assigned at birth. The proposed regulations would also make
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it easier for gun sellers to verify a potential buyer's
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identity online instead of in person in certain instances. A
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lot of this is going to make it more likely
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that more dangerous people can get their hands on firearms,
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said Lindsay Nichols, policy director of Gifford's, a gun control
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afficacy group. Lighter has been working on the regulations for
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more than a year. The plan had been to announce
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them July fourth, twenty twenty five, at an Independence Day celebration,
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the Post previously reported, but Blanche has said the proposed
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changes took longer than expected to complete because lawyers had
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to scrupulously review them to ensure they passed legal muster.
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Justice Department officials expect them to face court challenges because
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the Trump administration is making these changes through the regulatory
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process and not by legislation passed in Congress and signed
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into law. The next administration could reinstate the scrapped rules.
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The goal Justice Department officials said is to ensure that
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the regulations do not run a foul of laws so
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that they can remain intact. We were very careful on
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how we did the rules, Lyer said. Congress has decided
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that certain people cannot be trusted with firearms. Atf has
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to enforce those Congressional judgments. It is not the agency's
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job to amend Congress's criteria in an effort to predict
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who will become violent. The public has until around August
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sixth to on the proposals before they go into a
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fact As a top Justice Department official, Blanche has sought
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to ingratiate himself with the nation's most influential gun rights activists.
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A loyal part of the president's base, he has appeared
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at the nation's biggest firearm conventions and meetings. Blanche has
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talked to popular gun rights podcasters and frequently mentions that
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his wife's family is the longtime owner of a company
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that manufactures firearm magazines. The way this country works is
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regulations are put in place and it takes time to
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unwind them. That's a bad fact, but it's true, Blanche
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said on the popular podcast Gun Talks, while he attended
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the National Rifle Association annual meeting in April. That same month,
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Blanche and Lighter, along with newly confirmed ATF director Rob Sakaida,
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appeared at Justice Department headquarters together for an event announcing
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the rollback of gun regulations. They were flying by leaders
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of the top gun rights groups, including the National Shooting
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Sports Foundation, National Association for Guns Rights NRA, and Gun
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Owners of America. This is more than turning the page
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on the weaponization of government against the lawful industry that
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provides the means for citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
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Lawrence G. Keen, who attended the announcement and his senior
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vice president and General counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation,
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said in a statement, this is the dawning of a
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new era. This item is accompanied by photos. The first
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is captioned an official with a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
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Firearms and Explosives fires a semi automatic gun at a
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firing range at Martinsburg, West Virginia in twenty twenty four.
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Solobe AFP Getty Images. Our next photo, then presidential candidate
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Donald Trump addresses a National Rifle Association Convention in Dallas
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on May eighteenth, twenty twenty four. La Mottero AP. The
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next photo is captioned Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies
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before the House Appropriations Committee this month. Brendan Smilowski AFP
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Getty Images. The next photo is captioned President Joe Biden
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signs the Bipartisan's Safer Communities Act in twenty twenty two,
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which was the most significant piece of gun control legislation
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passed in decades. Pablo Martinez monciavas AP. The next item
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from today's front page is entitled Israeli's denounced Trump's peace
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deal with Iran. Netnahu's critics supporters label it a catastrophe.
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By Gary she and Leo Soroka from Jerusalem. A catastrophe,
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a bad deal, an agreement that throws a lifeline to
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the murderous regime in Tehran. Among Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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Netanyahu's supporters and critics alike in the media and on
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social media, the mood was clear. As Israelis woke up
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Monday to news of a peace agreement between the United
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States and Iran. President Donald Trump's deal is not one
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that many in Israel like Iran, they say, will remain
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a threat. The question now is whether Trump's deal is
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when that net and Yahou will stomach, or one he
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will seek to derail. Trump in brief, expletive punctuated interviews
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Sunday already accuse the Israeli leader of jeopardizing the accord.
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Caught between Trump's public browbeating and broad discontent at home,
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net Yahoo faces a challenge like never before over how
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to navigate the next two months, a delicate period in
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which Washington and Tehran will negotiate the details of how
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to reopen the strait of horror moves and remove Iran's
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nuclear material in exchange for the release of billions in
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frozen Iranian assets, the lifting of the U S sanctions,
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and an end to hostilities in Lebanon for two weeks.
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In the lead up to Trump's accord with Tehran, net
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Nyahou already showed that he could play the spoiler by
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bombing Hasbolah, the Iranian backed Lebanese militant group, in retaliation
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for what Israeli officials say where Hesbolah attacks on Israel.
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In the chaotic hours before the deal was announced late
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Sunday Eastern Time, Israel again struck the southern suburbs of Beirut,
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the Lebanese capital, in response to three Hesbolah drones launched
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at Israel, prompting a threat of a ballistic missile barrage
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from Iran and the expot of leaden rebukes from Trump.
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Unlike many other leaders who welcomed the accord to end
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the war, which has damaged the global economy, net Nyahu
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did not immediately issue a statement. When asked about the
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deal during remarks to the press Monday night, he said
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it was up to Trump. This is his decision. He
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is leading it. I express my opinion, net Nahou told
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reporters in Jerusalem. On the other hand, we have our interests.
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I am committed to ensuring there is no nuclear threat.
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Others were quick to slam the deal. Trump's agreement does
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not bind us. Itamar ben vie D, Yahu's national security
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minister and an influential far right leader, posted Monday morning
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on x Israel is not subject to the United States
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and we are an independent and sovereign country. Israeli officials,
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including Ben Givere, have remained consistently defiant in recent days,
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insisting that they will not refrain from striking Hasbolah. As
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Iran and Trump have demanded or withdraw Israeli troops from Lebanon.
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Net Yahu's rivals have voiced similar positions, arguing that the
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Prime Minister cannot sackes Israel's national security to appease Hesbolah's patron,
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Iran or a U S president whose interests are increasingly
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incompatible with those of Israel. The mounting pressure on Netanyahu
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from across the Israeli political spectrum and the Israeli military
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establishment could place a conflict in Lebanon and the broader
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US Iran peace talks on a hair trigger, and deepen
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a public split between Israel and the United States that
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is unlike anything seen in recent years. After linking arms
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in late February to undertake the fierce bombing campaign that
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assassinated Iran's Supreme leader Ales Kamene and other senior political
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and military leaders, Trump and net Yahou sharply diverged in
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their political imperatives. For Trump, the war proved deeply unpopular
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at home, where he has faced plummeting poll numbers amid
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spiking prices, notably for gasoline, and rising opposition in Congress,
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where House Republicans voted this month to block him from
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further strikes on Iran. Net Nyahu, facing a national election
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this fall, has every incentive to continue fighting, especially in Lebanon,
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where Hasbolah, siding with Iran, has launched unrelenting strikes on
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northern Israel. When asked about reports of a deepening split
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between the two men, net Nyahu told reporters Monday, he
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and Tromp have a relationship of partners. Many times we
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see eye to eye, and there are also cases where
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we see less eye to eye. I am responsible for
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Israel's security interests, he said. Aside from Bengavie, Finance Minister
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Beslas Mootrich, another far right member of net Nahu's coalition,
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has also demanded that Israel stand firm on our principles
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and guarantee the idea full freedom of action. To keep
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pushing Hasbolah back, referring to the Israel defeas forces. The
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agreement with Iran is bad for Israel and the entire
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free world, period, Schmotrich said. Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Israel
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Katz stated that Israeli troops will stay indefinitely in Lebanon
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and the Gaza Strip as part of a new military
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doctrine of maintaining buffer zones following the October seventh, twenty
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twenty three attacks by Hamas. The IDs full withdrawal from Gaza,
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which is contingent upon Hamas's disarmament, is a requirement of
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the peace plan brokered by Trump in October. Should he
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keep IDEF soldiers indefinitely in both Lebanon and Gaza, net
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Nyahu would be flouting trump steals on two fronts. We
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oppose an idea of withdrawal from Lebanon despite all current
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and future pressures, Kat said in his statement. Prime Minister
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Netanyahu made this clear to US President Trump and other
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senior American official, and I also clarified this yesterday to
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U S Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsath. The idea validates
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this position from a professional security standpoint. Daniel B. Shapiro,
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who was appointed US Ambassador to Israel by President Barack Obama,
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said net Yahoo may seek to negotiate a way to
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continue strikes in southern Lebanon, but he cannot afford to
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further antagonize Trump. It was beneficial to be seen as
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arguing with Obama or Biden, especially over Iran, because he
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could portray them as not sufficiently attentive to Israel's security,
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said Shapiro, now a fellow at the Atlantic Council, a
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Washington think tank. With Trump, who was so popular in
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Israel and probably way more popular than net Yahoo, he
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doesn't have that option. He sold himself as not only
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the best steward of Israel's security, but as Donald Trump's
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best friend, partner and running mate in reshaping the Middle East.
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Trump's deal, which aims to end a war that he
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and net Nyahu started, came under fire from the Israeli
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left as well. Yayir Golan, leader of the Democrats party,
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stopped short of saying Israel should defy Trump, but nonetheless
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slam the Prime Minister for failing to defeat Iran and
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Hezbolah while losing influence over Trump as he pursued his deal.
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Net nyahou stood on the sidelines, weak, sick, isolated, and
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lacking any influence. Golan said, net Yahoo is good for Iran.
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Net Nyahu is good for Hesbolah. Net Nyahu is not
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good for Israel. Ghaiel Tosher, a political scientist at Hebrew University,
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said net Nyahu struck Beirut on Sunday not for strategic purposes,
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but to demonstrate that he has the ability to say
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no to Trump and curry favor with his base at
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a critical juncture months before Israeli elections. But now net
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Nyahu is politically isolated. Tallshier said, by playing this foolish
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game for his political base, he provided the final push
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for a m o U that is among the worst
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Israel could have imagined, Tashir said, referring to comments by
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Trump and Vice President J. D. Vance that the U.
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S administration intervened and pushed to close the deal with
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Iran after the Beirut air strike. Net Nahou initiated a campaign,
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and he was also very clear and arrogant about the
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goals he set for the campaign against Iran toppling the regime,
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eliminating the nuclear and enriched uranium industry, eliminating ballistic missiles,
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and severing the connection between Iran and its proxies. Tashir said,
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net Nahou's life project is collapsing before his eyes while
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he stands alone in the arena with no one else
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to blame. Sunday's agreement came after an extraordinary day in
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which both Trump and Vance cited openly against net Nyahu,
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a striking reversal from President Joe Biden's administration's early policy
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of publicly denying any daylight with the Israeli leader, despite
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international criticism of his actions in Gaza. After Israel struck Beirut,
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Trump told Fox News that he had called net Niyahu
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to ask what the fuck are you doing and to
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demand that Israel stopped strikes against Heswellah Vance followed up
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with an interview with Fox saying that Washington was very
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worried after Beirut strikes that Iran would launch a retaliatory
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missile barrage against Israel, and said Iran was talked out
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of it at the last minute. Iran's semi official Fars
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news agency reported Monday that Iran refrained from attacking Israel
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and agreed only after receiving assurances from Trump via Katari mediators,
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that last minute changes, including speeding up the end of
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the naval blockade, could be made to the deal in
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light of the Israeli attacks. Pakistani Prime Minister Chez Bashif
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said on social media that both sides had declared the
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immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts,
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including in Lebanon. The signing ceremony would be held Friday
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in Geneva. Sharif said, in the end, it was those
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who were close to Natanya who lashed out with a
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bitterness and sense of betrayal rarely seen directed by Israelis
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toward Trump. In a stunning social media tirade early Monday,
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Yunon Magal, a former lawmaker and anchor on Channel fourteen
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television who is often described as Netnyahu's most prominent mouthpiece,
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lashed out as Trump as a loser, Vans as a
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low life, and Trump's special envoyds Jared Kushner and Steve
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Whitkoff as two little Jews whom Katar bought for a
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lot of money and who sold out their brothers in Israel.
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Amid Sagal, another influential White Ring television analyst close to
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the Prime Minister, simply offered a quote attributed to Henry
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Kissinger per William F. Buckley Junior. It may be dangerous
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to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.
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Siroka reported from Tel Aviv. This article is accompanied by photos.
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The first is captioned people wave flags of Iraq, Iran
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Lebanon and Hezbollah in Baghdad on Monday, following the announcement
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of a U s Iran peace steel. The other photo
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is captioned people look for survivors after an Israeli airstrike
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in Beirut's southern suburb Sunday, Hibrahim Amro a f P
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Getty Images. Next from today's front page is an item
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entitled Trump claims victory in war. No word yet on
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nuclear weapons. President says oil will flow through straight again,
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but Michaele Brienbaum and Karen de Young. President Donald Trump
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said Monday that the Strait of Hormus will fully reopen
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to shipping traffic by Friday, the day that senior US
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and Iranian officials planned to meet in Geneva for a
30:11
ceremony to mark an end to the four month war
30:14
and kick off weeks of negotiations about Iran's nuclear program.
30:19
The president celebrated a deal that he said would eventually
30:22
return oil prices to pre war levels, saying that margarets
30:26
were shooting up like a rocket in reaction to the
30:29
decision to end the war, but corps elements of an
30:33
enduring agreement remained unresolved and subject to talks over the
30:37
next two months, officials said, with a substance of Iran's
30:40
nuclear ambitions punted to future negotiations to speed the reopening
30:45
of the shipping bottleneck. Trump Vice President j d Vance
30:49
and Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammed Bagher Galibav virtually signed the
30:54
preliminary deal Sunday, ahead of a Friday ceremony to be
30:58
held in Geneva. US fifis familiar with the process, said
31:02
speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive diplomacy,
31:06
but one of the people familiar with the details of
31:09
the negotiations warned that it will be weeks before shipping
31:12
traffic returns to normal through the strait, as ship's test
31:16
whether passage is safe. The discordant messages speak to the
31:20
challenge Trump faces in selling a deal that falls far
31:24
short of the regime change that he initially embraced. It
31:28
is also unclear whether Tehran made any commitments about curtailing
31:32
its ballistic missile program, an issue on which Iran hawks
31:36
have long focused. Critics of the deal that President Barack
31:40
Obama made with Iran to restrict its nuclear program long
31:44
complained that Tehran's missile production continued unfettered. The main thing
31:49
is that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. They
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fully agreed to that with strong policing powers, Trump said
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Monday in Avion le Bon, France, speaks king alongside French
32:01
President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a summit with world leaders.
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The Iran deal that we made is going to bring
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a lot of a lot of success to the world,
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because the oil was really blocked up there for a while,
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Trump said, adding that by Friday, the Strait of hor
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Moves would be completely open. The critical waterway saw the
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transit of twenty percent of global energy supplies before the war.
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His optimistic assessment contrasted with that of senior US officials
32:30
familiar with the negotiations. They cautioned that ships may have
32:35
different risk tolerances about chancing the passage through the strait,
32:39
where minesweepers are expected to begin work on removing explosives
32:43
that Iranian forces have laid since March. We probably won't
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return to normal in two weeks, but we will see
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a significant increase in straight traffic. A senior US official
32:54
set briefing reporters on the condition of anonymity underground rules
32:58
set by the Trump administration. A spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry,
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asmaiel Baker, said Monday that Iran intended to keep charging
33:08
fees for passage through the Strait that would cover navigation services,
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environmental protection, and ship insurance. Trump's war on Iran and
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this week's tentative peace agreement will be central to talk
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Saavillenne Le Bon, a French resort town on the shores
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of Lake Geneva where select world leaders are gathering this week.
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Trump arrived there Monday afternoon and was set to speak
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to a sweep of European and Persian Gulf leaders over
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the next two days. Leaders of the Group of Seven
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World economies have been hit hard by the spike in
33:42
energy prices set off by the Iran war, and Trump
33:45
has blasted allies and partners for what he has said
33:49
is insufficient support for his military effort. The details of
33:54
the deal have not yet been published, leaving American and
33:56
Iranian officials to spend their own versions tromp. On Monday,
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trumpeted the memorandum of understanding as a major step towards
34:05
keeping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, and declared a
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swift resumption of Strait of Hormu shipping traffic, whose halt
34:12
has driven up energy prices around the world. While both
34:16
countries agreed that a me memorandum had been signed, their
34:20
public statements offered conflicting versions of what was in the document.
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A senior US Administration official said that the current deployment
34:29
of U S forces in the region would remain during
34:31
the sixty days of negotiations. The agreement contemplates a reduction
34:36
of forces in the region with completion of the final deal,
34:39
the official said. A statement issued by Iran's Supreme National
34:43
Security Council said only that as of Monday, the U
34:47
S naval blockade against Iran is terminated immediately and completely.
34:53
A number of issues that Iran had previously listed among
34:56
its red lines were not addressed in the administration briefing
34:59
or or in Trump's comments. Karn has said it has
35:03
the right to continue uranium enrichment for civilian use, something
35:07
that the Trump administration has said is a non starter.
35:11
Iranian officials also suggested Sunday that they would receive billions
35:15
of dollars worth of previously frozen assets as part of
35:18
the deal signing, something that US officials denied. The Iranians,
35:23
whose remarks were widely quoted on government aligned media, offered
35:27
no window into the commitments they may have made about
35:30
their nuclear program, but Vance expressed openness to Iran's access
35:35
to three hundred billion dollars in reconstruction funds provided by
35:38
Persian golf nations if it agrees to modify its behavior,
35:43
a payout that is likely to inflame skeptics of the regime.
35:47
That's the sort of thing it could have access to,
35:50
funded by the Gulf Coast Coalition, so long as they
35:53
honor their end of the obligation. Vance told CBS News
35:57
on Monday, I am somewhat concerned that Iran's view of
36:00
the agreement seems different than what the American negotiating team
36:04
is claiming, Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican from South Carolina, wrote
36:09
on x On Sunday, US officials said the text of
36:13
the memorandum would be released within the next twenty four
36:16
to forty eight hours, although both Iran and Trump said
36:19
the release would come only after the official signing ceremony
36:23
Friday in Geneva. In his regular Monday news conference, Bakai,
36:28
the Uranian foreign ministry spokesman, said that both the right
36:32
to enrich nuclear fuel and the existing stockpile of highly
36:36
enriched uranium would be discussed during the later technical talks.
36:41
Iran has indicated that it is willing to down blend
36:44
the highly enriched material inside Iranian territory. According to a
36:48
Pakistani official who was briefed on the talks that were
36:51
mediated by Islamabad and who spoke on the condition of anonymity,
36:56
Trump has said that the US will help uncover the
36:59
buried nuclear fuel and then remove it from Iran, but
37:03
the Pakistani official said that the removal of the stockpile
37:06
is opened for discussion in later negotiations and stress that
37:11
we are talking about the possibility of talks on this,
37:14
not that Iran is ready on transfer of uranium. There
37:18
was no mention from either side of Iran's ballistic missile capabilities,
37:23
which U S Intelligence has said emerged from the war
37:26
largely intact despite some damage. Secretary Estate Makarubio has pointed
37:32
to the destruction of the missile program, which he has
37:35
said was designed to protect development of a nuclear weapon,
37:38
as a key US goal. Numerous Iranian officials, meanwhile, emphasize
37:43
that the deal includes the end of Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
37:48
Under the agreements reached, the war and military operations on
37:52
all fronts, including Lebanon, are ended immediately and permanently, said
37:58
Kazam Garababadi, Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs.
38:04
Garabamadi said that threats by Iran to attack Israel following
38:08
Sunday strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs had delayed the signing
38:12
of the text until the US made assurances on that front.
38:16
We did not agree to the MoU until we had
38:19
incorporated every last point and demand into the text, he said.
38:24
Negotiations continued until one hour before the announcement. Bakai said
38:29
that termination of the war in Lebanon was an inseparable
38:33
part of the understanding, and that the word Lebanon is
38:36
used three times in the document. Israel has said it
38:40
will continue its quote self defense attacks against Hezbolah, Iran's
38:45
proxy in Lebanon, and US officials emphasized that the deal
38:50
did not include Israeli withdrawal from its occupation of southern Lebanon.
38:55
In a statement, Iranian President Massud Pezeshkian said that Israeli
38:59
on happiness over the deal is clear evidence of the
39:02
success and victory of the Iranian nation. In its own statement,
39:07
Hesbollah said that the U s Iran agreement was a
39:10
prelude to its efforts to completely liberate Lebanese territory. Israeli
39:16
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered tempered comments about the deal Monday,
39:21
telling reporters that Israel will do whatever is necessary to
39:25
prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon. The deal has
39:29
come under withering criticism in Israel by Netanyahu's supporters as
39:34
well as his opponents, many of whom fear it is
39:36
too soft on Iran. This agreement was made by Trump,
39:41
and he thinks he can combine the opening of the
39:43
straits with the cancellation of the nuclear program. This is
39:47
his decision. He is leading it. I expressed my opinion.
39:51
Net Nyahu said at a news conference it was unclear
39:55
what the agreement says about Iran's support for proxies across
39:59
the Middle East, such as Hesbolah and Lebanon, and Hamas
40:02
and Gaza. A senior US official said that the Trump
40:06
administration wants to cut Iran's pathways to funding terrorism, causing
40:11
regional instability. While US officials did not indicate when the
40:16
sixty day negotiating period would start. Aaran Supreme Council said
40:20
those talks would not begin until after the implementation of
40:24
the other party's commitments under the memorandum of understanding. Susannah
40:30
George in Washington, Shahyukusain in Islamabad, and Leor Soroka and
40:35
Tel Aviv contributed to this report. This item is accompanied
40:39
by photos. The first is captioned President Donald Trump and
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Evien Labon, France for the g seventh summit on Monday.
40:48
The main thing is that Iran will not have a
40:50
nuclear weapon. He said. They fully agree to that with
40:53
strong policing powers and a money maker. Getty Images. The
40:57
image shows President Trump walking alone with some trees in
41:00
the background. The next photo is captioned waving the flags
41:05
of a Rock, Iran and Lebanon in Baghdad on Monday
41:09
after the announcement of a deal to end the war
41:11
between Iran and the United States Hamad al Rubai a
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f P Getty Images. The image shows several men holding
41:20
flags of those countries standing on a sidewalk. The next
41:25
photo is captioned Vice President J. D. Van speaks with
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Steve Whitcop White House Special Envoy to the Middle East
41:32
at the UFC Mixed Martial Arts event Sunday on the
41:35
south lawn of the White House kent Y Shimura a
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f P. Getty Images. The final photo accompanying this item
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is captioned A man in a beirute suburb flashes a
41:46
sign for Victory Monday as he stops in front of
41:49
a billboard depicting the late Iranian leader Iyetolah Ali Romani
41:53
and his son and successor, Iyetolo Moushtaba Khamenee anwar Amro
41:59
a f P. Getty Images. The next autum on today's
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front page is entitled Brain implant changes an ALS patient's life.
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Research shows new brain computer interfaces massive potential by Carolyn
42:14
Y Johnson. For the past six years, Casey Harold's life
42:21
has felt like a slow motion car crash. At forty two,
42:25
he began to lose his voice to the neurodegenerative disease
42:28
ALS or amiotropic lateral sclerosis. His world shrank as his
42:34
ability to sing to his young daughter, give a presentation
42:37
for work, or tell a joke eroded. Three years later,
42:41
researchers at the University of California, Davis placed experimental implants
42:46
in his brain. He gained something incredible, the ability to
42:51
talk from my brain, Harold wrote in an email. For
42:54
several years, Harold has been known in this scientific literature
42:58
as T fifteen, a study participant in the long running
43:02
federally funded brain Gate two clinical trial. As a pioneer
43:07
in the nascent field of brain computer interfaces, Harol has
43:10
spent hours with expert researchers who carefully chronicle the remarkably
43:15
fluid speech he can generate with his mind. In a
43:18
study published Monday in Nature Medicine, researchers look beyond the
43:22
structured interactions of research visits to show how the technology
43:27
has transformed Harold's life in the off hours. Obviously, getting
43:31
more communication ability was pure elation, Harold said in an
43:35
e mail. He noted that previous technologies that allow people
43:39
who are paralyzed to communicate are far clumsier, limited to
43:43
the functional basics. You do not have enough speed to
43:47
do anything civilized, like tell a story or a joke.
43:51
Just the facts, Ma'am, Harrol said, no longer part of
43:55
the conversation with other technologies, but with this decoder, im
44:00
the conversation. It's his wife, Levana Saxon, who removes the
44:04
caps from the port mounted to his skull and connects
44:07
it to a computer system on a cart. The cables
44:10
aren't ideal. Developer's goal is a truly wireless system, but
44:15
they give Harold freedom to face time with a friend,
44:18
sign on to a meeting to continue his work as
44:20
a climate and disabilities rights activist, or chat with his
44:24
seven year old daughter. Over nearly two years, Harold used
44:28
the device at home for more than three thousand, eight
44:31
hundred hours, speaking one hundred eighty three thousand sixty sentences
44:36
or one million, nine hundred sixty thousand, one hundred sixty
44:39
three words at a tidy clip of fifty six words
44:43
per minute. The research team reported brain computer interfaces are
44:48
still experimental and some are in commercial development from biotech
44:51
companies such as Neuralink and Perodromics. The technology has evolved
44:56
over time, but in Harold's brain, our four tiny implanet
45:01
devices the record brain signals and then are analyzed by
45:05
artificial intelligence to decode those signals into text and eventually
45:10
to speech. He can also move a cursor and click.
45:14
It's a significant step, a huge leap basically in demonstrating
45:19
the functionality of the system during regular home use, said
45:23
Mauriceka Vansteinzel, a brain computer interface researcher at University Medical
45:28
Center Utracht in the Netherlands who was not involved in
45:31
the new work. Her team previously reported in the New
45:35
England Journal of Medicine a case study of a woman
45:38
with als who used a brain implant with more limited
45:41
capabilities for communication for seven years at home. That system
45:46
used mouse clicks controlled by her brain signals to spell
45:49
words and call a caregiver. Studies of brain computer interfaces
45:54
are often based on data gathered in the context of
45:57
focused research sessions. They yield facts and figures on the
46:00
technical capabilities, the error rate, speed, accuracy, and fluency of communication.
46:07
The news study shows the power of the technology once
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unleashed in a person's life. Harold can crack jokes, play
46:15
humorous sad trombone sound effects at key moments, and stay
46:19
tethered to his family, work and humanity. It's a step
46:24
toward what the field needs to show to go beyond
46:27
research demonstrations. Our technology has gotten to a point where
46:31
it truly is actually at an inflection point, said David Brandman,
46:35
a neurosurgeon at the University of California at Davis and
46:39
one of the authors of the paper. Up until now,
46:42
we would argue that most things in brain computer interface
46:45
have been one off scientific demonstrations. We can show up
46:49
to someone's house and we can do this. I think
46:52
the real breakthrough for this technology is you no longer
46:56
need a group of scientists and engineers to run this technology.
47:01
When Harrow reflects on his life before als, he calls
47:04
it the before times, a life diverted. He was a
47:08
runner and a cyclist and had turned his basement into
47:11
a personal gym. Getting his voice back has allowed him
47:15
to share parenting duties with his wife and show more
47:18
empathy and emotion, but he hopes to see it keep improving.
47:22
He said that his wish list would be for a
47:24
system that was truly portable and wireless, instead of requiring
47:29
him to be plugged into a system that sits on
47:31
a cart. The current system converts his brain signals to text.
47:36
Then voice going directly from brain to voice, he said,
47:39
would be even more powerful. The last one would enable
47:43
truly instantaneous communication, Harrow said, allowing people who have a
47:48
medical need like myself to rejoin the conversation again. This
47:54
article is accompanied by photos the verses. Captain Casey Harrow
47:58
used a brain implant to communicate nearly two million words
48:02
at home over two years after als robbed him of
48:05
his voice. This is what that looks like video Nature Medicine.
48:11
The image shows the very top of Harold's head with
48:14
cables protruding from it and a large screen that shows
48:18
text continuing to pop up on the screen. The next
48:23
photo is captioned Harol with his family at home Regions
48:27
of the University of California at Davis. The photo shows
48:31
mister Harrel in the foreground sitting in what appears to
48:34
be a wheelchair. There are cables protruding from his head
48:38
and his mouth is covered with a breathing mask connected
48:42
to a tube. The next photo is titled this brain
48:47
implant also allows Harol to crack jokes at home. He
48:51
received the brain implant in twenty twenty three video Nature Medicine.
48:57
The image is similar to the first, who shows the
48:59
top of Hair's head with words continuing to appear on
49:02
the screen. It reads, you are making me blush? Do
49:05
you speak to your mother with that voice? The next
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image is captioned Harold uses the implant to explore sound
49:12
effects too video Nature Medicine. The image is very similar
49:17
to the former one. The screen reads, so will sad
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trombone sad trombone woomp womp, or maybe you like it
49:25
a different way like lol lol. The next and final
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image accompanying this article is captioned Harold must have caps
49:35
from the port mounted to a skull removed before he
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can be connected to a computer system Regions of the
49:41
University of California at Davis. The image shows a close
49:45
up of Harold's head with the cables connected to the
49:49
ports in his head. The next item from today's front
49:52
page is entitled Chattanooga host star studded Spain as a
49:57
city prepared to welcome the World Cup favorite. No detail
50:01
was too small by Bailey Johnson. The pillows were going
50:05
to be an issue as the staff of the Embassy
50:08
Suites in Chattanooga, Tennessee, prepared to host hundreds of Spaniards
50:12
this summer, including the twenty six players hoping to produce
50:16
Spain's first World Cup title since twenty ten. There are
50:20
plenty of details to attend to, from the temperature of
50:23
the stay to the ergonomics of the chairs, but first
50:27
those pillows. The team wanted fresh ones, never been used
50:31
and firm, so five hundred new pillows it was. They
50:36
are as particular as can be because it's a comfort
50:39
of these players, said Lorie Jenkins, regional sales and Marketing
50:43
director for Vision Hospitality Group, which operates the Embassy suites. Obviously,
50:48
they want to feel at home and that's where we
50:51
come in. Across North America, forty eight national soccer teams
50:56
arrived in recent weeks to settle into temporary digs while
50:59
they try to survive the opening stage of this summer's
51:02
World Cup. FIFA Soccer's global governing body assembled a list
51:07
of sixty two approved locations across the three host countries,
51:12
and each team went through its own decision making process
51:15
to select the ideal spot at hotels ranging from the
51:19
four Seasons in Boston, where Star Studed France is based,
51:23
to Algeria's digs at the Double Tree in Lawrence, Kansas.
51:26
Each stay represents the culmination of months of painstaking work
51:30
by the cities, federations, and on the ground partners to
51:35
ensure each team has exactly what it needs. The Spanish
51:39
Soccer Federation considered several sites two hours away in Atlanta,
51:44
where luxury hotels abound and Atlanta's United MLS training facilities
51:49
were an option, but Spain, the sports book's favorites to
51:53
win the forty eight team competition, chose and embassy suites
51:57
in the Appalachian Foothills. Chattanooga, which which started putting together
52:01
its pitch to FIFA three years ago, offered a combination
52:04
of privacy, quality facilities and proximity to Atlanta that ultimately
52:09
won Spain over. It feels like we're in the middle
52:13
of nowhere in a good way, said Chris Angel, the
52:16
head of school at Baylor, the college prep boarding school
52:19
where the team will practice. I think that appeal to
52:22
the team in a major way. The Spanish Soccer Federation
52:27
bought out the one hundred eighty four room downtown MBSs
52:30
Suite's hotel and has taken over a large portion of
52:33
Baylor's athletic complex, including converting the indoor tennis facilities into
52:38
an off field training center and a media center to
52:41
accommodate the one hundred twenty five plus media personnel who
52:45
cover Spain. Under World Cup regulations, FIFA is required to
52:50
pay for each delegation's flights and lodging. Extra details like
52:54
the work on the tennis facilities are the Spanish Federation's
52:58
expense in checks. At Nooga. They are big fish, right,
53:02
Jenkins said, not just a fish in the pond. They
53:05
are our pond. Pulling it all together took months of
53:09
work at the hotel and school. Besides the pillows, all
53:14
of the artwork and signage around the property, down to
53:17
the decorative knick knacks in each room were swapped out
53:20
for Spain's own branding, trophies and books. The retail space
53:24
on the hotel's ground floor was undergoing renovations. Federation staff
53:29
envisioned not the Mediterranean restaurant the hotel had planned, but
53:33
a fitness center for its star studded team, which includes
53:36
Barcelona Fonome La Mignyamo. The would be restaurant was transformed
53:41
into a gym with a poured rubbered floor and all
53:45
the equipment fit for a favorite. It even has that,
53:49
Jim Smell, Jenkins said. And then when they leave at
53:53
the end of the month, we'll rip all that back
53:55
out and go back to making it a marketplace. When
53:59
it comes to fees eating the team, the attention to detail,
54:02
Jenkins said, is as specific as you can imagine. Fruits
54:06
and vegetables for the smoothie station are to be cut
54:09
into two centimeter cubes. Four hundred pounds of hamon iberko
54:14
arrived from Spain. Olive oil is allowed, but no seed
54:18
oils and certainly nothing fried. The team's preferred recipes for
54:22
bread were sent to the hotel's culinary staff in advance,
54:26
and Spain's team chef and maitre D both made regular
54:29
visits to keep track of the progress. For espresso, machines
54:33
were delivered to the hotel, and Jenkins said the team
54:37
maitre D knows how each player takes his coffee and
54:40
what temperature he likes his steak. The linens, dishes, and
54:45
cutlery were all closely inspected and went through several rounds
54:49
of changes before Spain settled on the perfect items. But
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even with all their pre planning, when the Federation's staff
54:56
arrived a few days ahead of the team, they decided
54:59
the tables in the dining room weren't going to work.
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They said, the players will make comfortable, Jenkins said, so
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we ordered new tables just over three miles away at
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Baylor The work to ensure that the grass fields made
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the team's specifications for training began last fall. Baylor has
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two natural grass fields and one artificial turf field in
55:21
its soccer complex. The school's own teams use the turf
55:24
field more frequently than normal to protect the grass. For Spain,
55:29
they have exact height requirements for the blades of grass,
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Angel said. The team also requires a certain density of
55:36
the grass, measured by the number of blades per square inch.
55:40
Angel likened it to the thread count of sheets to
55:43
ensure that the field performs as expected. Baylor's drainage system
55:48
was up to snuff, which was part of the attraction
55:50
for Spain. The athletic facilities on campus are also accessible
55:54
by a separate gate from the front entrance, allowing the
55:57
team to have maximal seclusion as they per pair for
56:00
their games. The back area is surrounded by a six
56:03
foot privacy fence and has controlled access points. Only those
56:08
approved will be able to get anywhere near the team's workspace.
56:12
The indoor tennis facilities became a strength conditioning and recovery space,
56:17
as well as a media center. Baylor installed air conditioning
56:20
in both spaces. Cranes are coming in delivering these massive
56:25
HVAC systems to put in, and it's temporary, temporary air
56:29
conditioning systems for both of those facilities, Angels said, and
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then all that goes away, and so it's like, wow,
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they've thought about everything. Spain will travel to and from
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its base a few times during the group stage, including
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for its opening game Monday in Atlanta, and every time
56:46
the team returns, the hotel plans to have a surprise waiting.
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There's plenty to choose, from third graders at a local
56:54
school decorated cards and drawings, Chattanooga Whiskey donated bottles. The
57:00
company across the street will hang a banner from its balcony.
57:04
The downtown Aquarium and Children's Museum have offered to set
57:07
up special access so Spain superstars can have quiet moments
57:11
with their families. It all adds up to an unprecedented
57:15
level of care for twenty six men who kick a
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ball for a living. Still, it felt familiar enough to
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Jenkins true Southern hospitality. She called it. This Ittoman is
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accompanied by photos. The one on the front page is
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captioned Spanish defender Pedro Poro signs autographs after training in
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Chattanooga Tennessee on June sixth. The next photo is captioned
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Chattanooga welcomes World Cup favorite Spain by Madison Fraser. The
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photo shows a juggler in a street, juggling pins behind him.
57:48
People line the sidewalk, most wearing red or yellow shirts.
57:53
Some large inflatable soccer ball balloons are shown behind them.
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The next photo is captioned Spain Marcos Jorrente arrives at
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Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Coral Sculls Coburn Getty Images. The next
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photo is captioned Fans wait for the arrival of the
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team to the hotel but Madison Fraser. The photo shows
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many people behind a chainlink fans. One young man appears
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to have partially climbed the fans. The next photo is
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captioned Spain's David Riyah with fans after training. Brett Davis
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Imagen Images via Reuters. This concludes the reading of the
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Washington Post for Today, Tuesday, June sixteenth, twenty twenty six.
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