U.S. Presidential Debates, Arms Transfer to Israel, Assassination Attempt in Slovakia

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🗓️ 16 May 2024

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President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to a pair of unusually early debates. The Biden administration is moving ahead with a $1 billion arms transfer to Israel a week after pausing a separate shipment of bombs to the country. And officials in Slovakia say that after hours of surgery following an assassination attempt, the country's Prime Minister Robert Fico is in stable but serious condition.

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0:00.0	President Biden said he'd take up former President Trump's call for a debate.
0:06.4	Make my day, pal.
0:08.0	Then within hours the leading candidates agreed to unusually early meetings.
0:12.1	The first comes June 27th. How did this come to be?
0:15.0	I'm Stephen Skeep and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.0	The United States is moving ahead with a billion dollar arms sale to Israel.
0:25.0	We are continuing to send military assistance and we will ensure that Israel receives the full amount provided in the supplemental.
0:32.0	How, if it all, does that match up with a separate ship? receives the full amount provided in the supplemental.
0:32.8	How, if it all, does that match up
0:34.3	with a separate shipment of bombs, the US paused.
0:37.5	Also, the Prime Minister of Slovakia
0:39.3	was shaking hands in a crowd when someone shot him.
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