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Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Hot Topics. Thank you for joining us this morning, a little bit late, but we are here. and nonetheless. I had a late night.

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correspondent to update us this morning. I see tourists and students behind you. And there's lots of

action happening in the Capitol behind you right now, including Pete

Heggseth, who's kind of on the hot seat.

Good morning.

Good morning, Don.

Yeah.

It's an active scene here in Washington this morning.

But as you said, listen, lawmakers, they're back from their recess, and they've got a lot

on their agenda.

The first thing this morning,

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