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Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off. Conditions apply. Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to the

Daily Punch. Brought to you by Punchable News. It's Friday, July 7th, 2023. Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

we've got the latest on Washington sounding off on Turkey ahead of the NATO summit. Number two,

jobs numbers are expected to be good. And number three, the Canvas Capitol Hill. A look at what

senior staff on Capitol Hill think of Kevin McCarthy's longevity as speaker. All right, let's get into it.

We have another really interesting dispatch from Andrew Desiderio looking at the top Republican

on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and what he said. That's Senator Jim Rich, the Republican

from Idaho, ahead of the NATO summit next week.

Rish is the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and he has said in an interview

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