Hello there, I'm Kristen Welker.

I just stepped off the meet the press set where I interviewed Secretary of State Antony

Blinken, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, a Republican presidential candidate, and

Congressman Matt Gates.

We of course talked about Israel, which now finds itself plunged into war with Palestinian

militants in Gaza.

For Israel, this comes after months of domestic turmoil, rocked the nation over Prime Minister

Netanyahu's planned judicial reforms, and there's also chaos back at home, as Congress

weighs into the uncharted waters of a speakerless house of representatives, with the government

shut down clock ticking once again, and potential aid to Ukraine hanging in the balance.

For more analysis on all of this, I'm sitting here with the great Peggy Noonan, a columnist

for the Wall Street Journal.

Peggy, welcome to Postgame.

Thank you for being here.

It's wonderful to be here, Kristen.

It was just great to do the show.

We had fun.

We did, and it was so fantastic to have your takeaways and your insights.

And I want to start with the war in Israel, this crisis in Israel.

I just interviewed the Secretary of State who had this stunning revelation that, yes, they

are looking into reports that U.S. citizens are among the dead and those taken hostage.

What did you think when you heard that?

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