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Got a lot to get to.

Hegg Seth was given a update this morning.

We have another American plane that has crashed in mysterious circumstances and more service members as a result of that crash killed in action.

Brad Lander is going to join us for an update on his campaign.

We've got an horrible update on those IDF soldiers who were caught on camera raping a Palestinian detainee.

So a lot to get to this morning. But, Mack, if we could go ahead and start with some of the comments, this AM from Pete Hegsseth, given an update on the Iran war and exactly how it's going, as in many ways,

you know, from the outside, it appears to be going quite poorly and quite sideways.

But let's go ahead and take a listen to this.

Maximox. And our capabilities still building. We're going up. They're going down.

As I said from the start, President Trump holds the cards. He'll determine the pace, the tempo, and the timing of this conflict.

His hand firmly on the wheel, as well as on the throttle setting. America first, peace through

strength in action. From day one, as our nation

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