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Hey, good morning. I'm Playbook co-author Rachel Bade. It's Thursday, November 30th.

Henry Kissinger, America's most famous diplomat and the godfather of pretty much all things related to American national security, died last night. He was 100.

Serving as President Nixon's National security advisor and later Secretary of State for both Nixon and President Ford, Kisinger's

diplomatic efforts reshaped the world order as we know it today. He played a central role

getting the U.S. out of the Vietnam War, opening relations with China, and reducing tensions with the Soviet

Union during the Cold War. Expect to hear more about his life and the remarkable influence he

had on American foreign policy today and in the days to come. But now to Capitol Hill, where it was

a wind-world news cycle yesterday, there's one big takeaway that we can glean from all the developments.

The complicated realities of Washington, they're starting to creep in with lawmakers. Let's start with some eye-popping news

from yesterday. House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry suggested in a news conference that

conservatives would actually forego demands for steep spending cuts. Even except the top line appropriations number, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy negotiated with the White House as part of the debt ceiling deal last spring.

Yep, you heard that right.

We're talking about the same funding deal that conservatives viewed as something of an original sin by McCarthy, which eventually led to his demise.

We did a little schlepping on this to find out

if the Pennsylvania Republican misspoke, and we're told no. Conservatives obviously prefer

steeper spending cuts like they've been pushing for in the House, but there's now a fear that

by making unrealistic demands for those cuts, the House Republicans could actually get rolled by the Senate who actually

want more spending than the White House McCarthy budget deal that was ironed out earlier this year.

Meanwhile, in another cave of sorts, Senator Tommy Tuberville is looking for an off-ramp on his

months-long hold of military promotions. Again, this is part of a protest of the Pentagon's abortion policies,

but he's been getting blistered by his own GOP colleagues for this blockade for weeks now,

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