Trump Says U.S. Was 'Cocked And Loaded' Before He Called Off Strike On Iran

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🗓️ 21 June 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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President Trump confirmed that he approved a strike on Iran on Thursday after it shot down a U.S. drone but called off the operation after the initial moves were underway. This episode: Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and Congressional correspondent Susan Davis. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Katie Coyne from my first grade classroom at Janiel
0:03.4	Elementary School in Washington, D.C.
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0:17.5	and we will be on Summer Break.
0:20.0	Oh, hey, here's the show!
0:27.0	Happy Summer, everybody!
0:28.2	Happy Summer! Happy first day of Summer!
0:29.8	Yeah! So you're saying it's the longest day of the year too?
0:32.3	It is, because you have the most sunlight,
0:33.6	and I love that because I'm a sunlight person,
0:35.6	so I would like living in like Norway or Finland,
0:38.3	or one of those places where they have daylight,
0:39.9	like half a year.
0:40.5	Half a year.
0:41.0	The other half, you've got to get out.
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0:47.4	I'm Kelsey Snell, I cover Congress.
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