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| 0:00.0 | The best kind of celebrity interview is one where you find out that the person who made a thing you love also thinks in a way that you love. |
| 0:10.1 | Nothing is more foreign than when Ariel says in The Little Mermaid, I want to be where the people are. |
| 0:16.1 | I don't want to be where the people are. I just don't. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm Rachel Martin. Listen to the Wildcard |
| 0:21.8 | podcast, only from NPR. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Mediagan leaders were on |
| 0:30.6 | Capitol Hill today where they were briefing lawmakers about the U.S. operation against Iranian nuclear |
| 0:36.0 | sites this past weekend. They provided some new information on the operation.S. operation against Iranian nuclear sites this past weekend. |
| 0:37.9 | They provided some new information on the operation. |
| 0:41.0 | What was NPR's Tom Bowman explains, a number of key questions remain, including the extent |
| 0:45.6 | of the damages and whether Iran was able to move enriched uranium. |
| 0:48.5 | Clearly, they're focusing on what is without doubt an oppressive military operation, but |
| 0:52.4 | sidestepping questions about the damage assessment |
| 0:54.8 | and any remaining enriched uranium. Maybe they have answers. Maybe they don't, but senators and |
| 1:00.5 | House members will still be asking these same questions in closed-door hearings today and tomorrow. |
| 1:06.4 | NPR's Tom Bowman. Meanwhile, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Dan Kane, continued to try to shift debate away from whether the Iranian sites were obliterated. |
| 1:15.1 | The Trump administration says it will start funding a controversial aid program in Gaza, and the U.S. is calling others to join in as well, arguing the new system prevents Amos from benefiting from international aid. |
| 1:26.8 | More from NPR's Michelle Kellerman. |
| 1:28.3 | State Department spokesman, Tommy Piggott, says the administration has approved $30 million in funding for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which he says is a creative solution to the hunger crisis in Gaza. |
| 1:40.3 | We want to see aid reach the people of Gaza. |
| 1:43.1 | The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has delivered 46 million meals. |
| 1:47.0 | We've seen that. |
| 1:48.0 | We want to see that food being delivered. |
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