GOP Debt Ceiling Bill; Lousy GDP Number; Retired U.S. Generals Employed by Saudis
3 Martini Lunch – Political Humor & Commentary
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🗓️ 27 April 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Today also brings a pretty lousy U.S. GDP number, raising questions of just how the U.S. economy is performing.
Finally, while it's not unusual for former government officials to make a bundle in the private sector, it's less than idea to see tetired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, who led the National Security Agency, making $700,000 on a contract advising the Saudi Arabian government.
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| 0:16.7 | Welcome to the 3 Martini Lunch. |
| 0:18.7 | Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garry of National Review. |
| 0:24.4 | 3 Martini's coming up. |
| 0:26.4 | It is that type of day we sit down. |
| 0:28.0 | And we have some Martinis, not just one, not two, but three Martinis. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Chad Benzin in for Greg Corumbus. |
| 0:34.7 | He'll be back, I believe tomorrow and of course Jim Garry is always here because he's |
| 0:38.8 | a fearless warrior that never stops and Jim will start with a good today. |
| 0:43.1 | And nobody thought the GOP and Kevin McCarty get anything over the line when it comes |
| 0:47.2 | to the debt ceiling, but they did get it over the line. |
| 0:50.4 | Is this a win? |
| 0:52.2 | Yeah, this is kind of surprising. |
| 0:54.9 | There was a lot of fear that were House Republicans were going to be paralyzed. |
| 0:59.8 | Obviously, they were very thin majority in the chamber. |
| 1:04.0 | And Kevin McCarty going back to the fight to get him elected speaker faced a lot of |
| 1:10.6 | dissension and a lot of doubts about this. |
| 1:12.8 | And I think everybody's a little bit surprised. |
| 1:14.3 | This was obviously a very narrow margin, I think just 17 to 15. |
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