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Guaranteed Human.

Welcome to the Red Letter meets the warning.

We've got Steve Schmidt on the line and meet Harold Palmeri.

Thanks so much for joining us as we break down the news of the day

and some of my latest reporting about Pete Higsef and the

Pentagon. Everything seems to be revolving around him anyway since we are in our third week in a war by

now. But, you know, I wanted to have Steve on the show because last time we had a really great

chat and he offered a lot of perspective on this war compared to, you know, Iraq, Afghanistan.

And, of course, please leave your questions.

We're going to try to get to them throughout the show.

And Steve, thanks for coming on.

Of course. Good to see you.

How are you?

I'm good. I'm good.

I'm happy to be back with you a week later. I feel like we have to do these regularly, these check-ins.

Absolutely. Anytime. It's good to be with you. Thanks. So yeah, I had some reporting, exclusive reporting.

I was calling around to my sources on Capitol Hill and the administration and K Street and just sort of trying to find out what Republicans are really saying

about this war, especially since President Trump is asking for a $200 billion supplemental bill

to pay for the war. So, you know, it's a bit of a put your money where your mouth is moment,

right?

And what I kept hearing over and over again is that there's zero confidence in Pete Heggseth.

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