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The Playbook Podcast

January 30, 2024: What we know about the drone strike at Tower 22

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

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🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

President Joe Biden has vowed the U.S. will respond to the weekend drone attack of three U.S. troops in Jordan, but what will that look like exactly? And, does this mean the country is at war with Iran — or at the very least, an Iran-backed militia group? Pentagon reporter Lara Seligman walks Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza through the details. Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza interviews Pentagon reporter Lara Seligman.

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0:00.0

Good morning, everyone. I'm playbook co-author, Ryan Liza. It's Tuesday, January 30th. Here's what's

0:08.8

driving the day. The big bipartisan tax bill is headed to the House floor this week. At least that's

0:14.5

what Speaker Mike Johnson told the gathering yesterday evening. Quote, I think you're going to get a very

0:19.9

high vote tally, probably on both

0:21.7

sides of the aisle, he said, according to a person familiar with his remarks. Expect Johnson to

0:27.2

announce more precise scheduling at this morning's House GOP conference meeting, with the bill

0:31.7

set to move under suspension of the rules. And DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayarchus won't be president today as the House Homeland

0:40.0

Security Committee votes on articles of impeachment against him. But he is speaking out this morning

0:45.2

in a seven-page letter he sent to the panel. He tells Republicans that their, quote,

0:50.5

false accusations do not rattle me and do not divert me, end quote, while calling on them to

0:56.2

take action on the border policy overhaul taking shape in the Senate. We need a legislative

1:01.0

solution and only Congress can provide it. And finally, there's growing pressure on Joe Biden

1:07.9

to respond to the attack on a U.S. military base in Northeast Jordan on Sunday.

1:13.4

Joining me now to talk about that is Pentagon reporter Laura Seldman.

1:18.1

Laura, let's start this morning with what we know about who is behind the attack over the weekend

1:26.1

in Northeast Jordan and how they actually broke through

1:32.7

the defenses of this outpost.

1:36.8

Right.

1:37.1

So what we know so far, what the Pentagon and the administration has said is that Iran backed

1:43.5

militia, specifically the Islamic

1:45.7

Revolutionary Guard Corps backed militia groups in Iraq and Syria are behind this attack,

1:52.8

not just this attack, but the more than 160 other attacks that have happened so far in the

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