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From high at top, Fox News headquarters in New York City. Always seeking solutions, never sewing division.

It's Brian Kilmead.

All right. I'm so glad you're there. It's the Brian Kilmeet Show. I'm back from Germany. Thanks to everyone who made that possible.

And, of course, we're hanging out with some of the finest men and women in America, even though we're eminent of the nation and what we're up against. We should feel pretty good about our armed forces and where we're at as a nation. They are feeling good about it, and they feel like they're not being ignored. Ambassador Dennis Ross is going to be with us a little bit later. If anyone can unwind with the stakes in Iran and the Middle East, he can and the odds stance the Gulf states are taking when it comes to U.S. and Iran. And Senator Shelley Mayoutamore Capito will be with us. There's so much going on. She's with appropriations, commerce, and rules. And we'll see what the Senate is going to be up to today. Let's get to the big three. Number three.

Well, there's no question about it, and the Chinese lose because Venezuela has a huge amount of rare earth materials.

And if that turns out to be pro-American, rather than pro-Chinese, they just took an enormous hit strategically.

Well, Ben, if that looks to be playing ball, what's left of the Maduro misfits? Shows a willingness to work with the U.S. That's pretty interesting, right? As the true leader, in my view, joins Donald Trump in the Oval Office today, how long until the elections? Number two. If you listen to the president's words, it's clear that right now there's a little bit of a pause.

He's fixated on the fact that there were no hangings.

And so we'll have to see in the days ahead.

Yep, Iran's regime on the brink as Donald Trump rattles their cage and the region shakes.

We talk about the stakes and the strategy and my hope that this evil government falls.

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