Quill Lawrence
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1,969 appearances
235 recordings
4 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 10 Sep
Quill Lawrence’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Straight from their opening statements, I have to say that neither General Kaine nor Secretary Hegseth mentioned Iran at all in their opening.
And Secretary Hegseth, I didn't hear him mention the casualties over the weekend.
The senators who opened the hearing and General Kane did offer their condolences.
When the question started, they were pretty bluntly dodged by the secretary and even the chairman.
Democrat Patty Murray asked Hegseth about President Trump's proposed toll on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, asking who talked the president out of it.
And Hegseth's answer was that the U.S.
is blocking Iran's ports.
Murray quoted Hegseth himself saying a few months ago that Iran's missiles were destroyed.
And Hegseth's answer to that was that Iran is at its weakest point in 47 years.
So they were fairly well talking past each other.
The president's statements over the past five months have sometimes been ignored or quickly walked back, like his suggestion to put a U.S.
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toll on traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Or they've been contradictory, like ceasefire deals being dead, but also still under negotiation.
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And many Democrats on the committee pointed out that whatever rationale for the war as it evolves, none of these have landed well with the American people.
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Certainly not well enough to understand why Americans are dying, albeit in relatively small numbers.
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But these are young soldiers who have died over the weekend.
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You know, Private Isabella Gonzalez was just 19 years old.
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I spoke with three former U.S.
military officials about this new and rapidly evolving reality of drone warfare.
One of them was General Joseph Votel who formerly led CENTCOM.
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