The sentence before what you just played, I said in fact that this was for now and that

it could all change.

And the two threats that I identified that were the most acute on my mind at the time

were tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, as I mentioned, and the threat from Iran.

And so yes, it is true that those two threats remained a real challenge to the long-term

stability of the Middle East region, and we've just seen this absolutely tragic attack.

But at no point did the Biden administration take its eye off the ball of the threats

to Israel, in fact, President Biden saw Prime Minister Netanyahu just weeks before this

attack to discuss the security challenges facing the state of Israel, and we've continued

to support them to as significant or greater an extent than any previous administration.

I mean, a little bit, but honestly, it's like 80-20, so I mean, the way my voters feel,

they look at the country, they look at the direction that we're going, and they don't

think that we get out of this without pain or discomfort, and neither do I.

I didn't come up here for status quo, I came up here to try and change the way this

town works, and that's what they wanted, so therefore they're not too worried about it.

So the big question is really, what is next if Jim Jordan does fault her?

There potentially could be other candidates who have made some, their intentions known

privately that they could run if Jordan falters, or do they decide to prop up the interim

speaker, Patrick McHenry, give him more power, things that he does not currently have, at

least not clear, under the law, to allow legislation to move forward in his position, but it

just shows you the desperate position Republicans are in as no legislation can be acted upon

until they elect a speaker in the House, still so many questions about how Republicans

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