PDB Afternoon Bulletin | April 23rd, 2026: How Close Is the U.S. to Running Out of Key Weapons? & Iran’s Secret U.S. Operative

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🗓️ 23 April 2026

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In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First up—a new analysis warns the U.S. may be running dangerously low on key munitions after weeks of fighting with Iran, raising fresh concerns about America’s readiness if the conflict reignites—or if a larger war breaks out. Later in the show—a glamorous California socialite is accused of secretly running a global arms network for Iran, brokering massive weapons deals while living a jet-set lifestyle inside the United States. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Cardiff: Get fast business funding without bank delays—apply in minutes with Cardiff and access up to $500,000 in same‑day funding at https://Cardiff.co/PDB Acre Gold: Start building physical gold with simple monthly payments and enter to win two Ancient Collection gold bars at https://GetAcreGold.com/PDB Chapter: Compare every medicare plan call 915-671-5252 today! Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact https://Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	It's Thursday, the 23rd of April.
0:37.5	Welcome to the BB afternoon bulletin.
0:40.1	I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.
0:43.5	All right, let's get briefed.
0:45.4	First up, a new analysis warns the U.S. may be running dangerously low on key munitions after weeks of fighting with Iran,
0:53.5	raising concerns about how prepared the U.S.
0:56.1	is if this conflict reignites, or something bigger breaks out.
1:01.2	I'll have the details.
1:02.7	Later in the show, a glamorous California socialite is accused of secretly running a global
1:07.6	arms network for Iran, brokering massive weapons deals while living a jet-set lifestyle
1:13.8	in the U.S. And it's not often that I do stories on glamorous California socialites, so
1:19.8	stand by. But first, today's afternoon spotlight, as diplomacy hangs by a thread with Iran,
1:26.2	as opposed to Iran hanging protesters, which they do,
1:29.6	and the potential for another round of fighting still a distinct possibility, a new analysis
1:33.9	is showing that the U.S. military may be running dangerously low on some key munitions.
1:40.0	The study from the Center for Strategic and International Studies takes stock of the weapons
1:44.9	that America's burned through during the first 39 days of the Iran campaign before the ceasefire
1:50.7	took hold.
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