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Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily. I'm David Rothkopf. I'm joined by Riley Fessler and Minas Stein. We're here to look at the news as it is unfolding on this Tuesday. What do you got?

Well, our Secretary of State, Marga Rubio, is testifying as we speak right now before

congressional committees where he is facing intense questioning regarding the fragile ceasefire

and economic consequences of the war with Iran. Although the admin is defending the conflict,

lawmakers are increasingly getting a bit unhappy

over the war's high cost, rising gas prices, and lack of prior congressional approval.

He's also expected to testify about the administration's escalating diplomatic tensions and potential threats of military action against Cuba.

Yeah, well, you know, he has already been, as we're recording this,

getting some tough questions because he should,

because the administration has been amazingly opaque

in the way that it's presented this.

And that's been kind. They've just lied about it.

They've lied about their objectives. They've lied about whether there's a strategy. They've lied about

what they've achieved. They've lied about what it has cost us. And so we have ended up with, you know,

it's not quite another forever war, but this is an extended

conflict with Iran that is going to have costs that in one new study could take years,

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