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It's Wednesday for December, welcome to the President's Daily Brief.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right. Let's get briefed. Today, we begin with an update on the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel.

After just one week, it's already showing cracks and faces the risk of unraveling. Now, to be fair, anyone who doesn't base their foreign policy strategy on hopes and dreams can't be surprised if the ceasefire doesn't hold up.

Sorry to sound cynical. Later in the show, an update from Syria, where insurgents continue to advance capturing four

new towns in their push toward the central city of Hama.

Plus, the U.S. is sending off a new military aid package to Ukraine as the nation's exhausted

troops are told to hold on and wait for Trump.

And in today's back of the brief, new details emerged from

the recent meeting between President-elect Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,

including a surprising moment where Trump suggested that Canada should become the 51st state.

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