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for your support. Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily. I'm David Rothkoff joined as ever by Riley Fesler. How are you doing Riley?

Pretty good. Well, it's Friday. It's the middle of the summer those are good things there's obviously some

business in the world we need to attend to so why don't you get us start it off?

Yesterday President Joe Biden held a solo news conference aimed at reassuring

Democratic lawmakers, allies, and persuadable voters of his capability to lead.

During the conference, Biden made significant

gaffes, mistakenly referring to Ukrainian President Zolenski as President Putin,

and Vice President Kamala Harris as Vice President Trump.

Despite these errors, he provided detailed responses on NATO and his plans for a second term,

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