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🗓️ 23 July 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The Secret War on Terror | Meet the Press Reports U.S. forces quietly deploy around the globe in secret missions eluding oversight. For the first time ever, the U.S. military allowed reporters and TV cameras to accompany U.S. special operations as they quietly battle one of the strongest, most brutal terror networks in the world. Courtney Kube reports from Somalia for Meet the Press Reports. How Much is a Living Wage? | Meet the Press Reports Since 1980, most American workers have seen modest income growth, but income for the top 1% has grown much faster. Lindsey Reiser traveled to Ohio and Florida for Meet the Press Reports to hear from different families, sharing similar struggles, about what constitutes a living wage.

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0:00.0	Hello from Washington. I'm Chuck Todd with a special edition of Meet the Press.
0:08.7	We just wrapped up our sixth season of Meet the Press reports. This is our single topic news
0:13.2	magazine show that focuses on everything from the politics of artificial intelligence that
0:17.3	a fight over drag brunches and secret wars that our military is fighting that
0:21.8	you don't know about.
0:22.4	You can watch the full season on demand on Peacock, YouTube, or NBCNews.com.
0:26.8	For this special edition of Meet the Press, we're sharing two of the latest topics we covered
0:30.1	on Meet the Press reports, the United States' Secret Wars on Terror, and our investigation
0:35.0	into the cost of living in America.
0:37.8	Take a listen.
0:50.3	Hello again.
0:51.1	I'm Chuck Ton, and welcome to another episode of Meet the Press reports.
1:00.0	Today we're going to look at the secret war on terror that the United States is quietly fighting across the globe. What are the front lines in this war you ask?
1:02.0	On terror? Is it Afghanistan and Iraq?
1:04.0	The average American might be able to name those two countries, but few know the actual extent of this country's global war on terror.
1:11.6	A 2022 report by the Brennan Center for Justice found that the United States has fought secret wars in at least 20 countries over the past 20 years.
1:19.8	One of them, Somalia and East Africa.
1:23.0	TV cameras have never been allowed to embed with U.S. Special Forces there until now.
1:28.2	NBC News Pentagon correspondent Courtney Kub, recently returned from Somalia with a behind-the-scenes look at
1:33.4	this tense battle against the Islamic terror group with ties to al-Qaeda known as al-Shabaab.
1:39.5	Courtney, what did you learn? We learned quite a bit, Chuck. This deployment to Somalia began
1:43.8	just over one year ago, and it is so sensitive that, as you'll see, we've had to blur the faces and withhold the names of some of the key players.
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