Pakistan Is Developing Missile That Could Reach the U.S., White House Says
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🗓️ 23 December 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:20.3 | A House committee has released an explosive report detailing former representative Matt Gates's alleged misconduct while in office. |
| 0:28.0 | And the White House says Pakistan is developing a long-range missile that could reach the U.S. |
| 0:33.1 | This is not an imminent threat. |
| 0:35.1 | They're talking about a capability that Pakistan would be able to field in several years or perhaps a decade. |
| 0:41.5 | But the administration is beginning a diplomatic campaign to persuade Pakistan to halt the program. |
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| 0:54.1 | It's Monday, December 23rd. |
| 0:56.1 | I'm Alex Osala for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:58.3 | This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that |
| 1:02.7 | move the world today. |
| 1:05.4 | The House Ethics Committee released a report detailing its investigation of sexual |
| 1:09.7 | misconduct allegations against |
| 1:11.1 | Matt Gates, a Florida Republican who abruptly resigned from Congress last month while under consideration |
| 1:16.0 | to be present elect Trump's Attorney General. The report said that Gates regularly paid for sex, |
| 1:21.0 | accepted impermissible gifts, and also used or possessed cocaine and ecstasy while he was in Congress. |
| 1:26.7 | Gates denies wrongdoing and his lawyers |
| 1:28.5 | didn't respond to a request for comment. Katie Stetch-Ferick, who covers Congress for the Wall Street |
| 1:33.5 | Journal, told me that it's rare for the House Ethics Committee to publish a report after a representative |
| 1:38.4 | leaves Congress. It's only happened a handful of times. The committee generally takes the position |
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