J.D. Vance

Afterward, Vance told reporters, quote, We have a very, very tough task ahead of us, which is to disarm Hamas but rebuild Gaza.

Vance is part of a high-profile U.S.

team in Israel this week with the mission of extending the ceasefire to a more challenging second phase.

U.S.

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are also in Israel and have also held talks with the prime minister.

Netanyahu is universally known in Israel as Bibi.

The Israeli media is calling the visiting American contingent the babysitters.

Vice President J.D.

Vance tells the 15,000 sailors and Marines the days of leaders injecting politics into the military are over.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was greeted by raucous applause.

The amphibious assault demonstration that led to the temporary shutdown of the Interstate 5 freeway was held several miles up the beach from the event venue and broadcast to the crowd via video.

For NPR News, I'm Andrew Dyer at Camp Pendleton.

As I told the president just a couple of days ago, I said, sir, we have got to figure out how to pay these Marines, both for their sake, but also, of course, because if we don't pay our enlisted Marines, every bar in Southern California is going to go out of business, and we don't want that.

As I told the president just a couple of days ago, I said, sir, we have got to figure out how to pay these Marines, both for their sake, but also, of course, because if we don't pay our enlisted Marines, every bar in Southern California is going to go out of business, and we don't want that.

By the way, you won Georgia three times.

It's kids in a chat room by focusing on what kids are saying in a group chat.

Grow up.

I'm sorry.

Focus on the real issues.

Don't focus on what kids say in group chats.