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Background Briefing with Ian Masters – October 19, 2023

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An Assessment of the Latest Intelligence on the Strike on the Gaza Hospital Parking Lot We begin with the dust settling on what yesterday seemed like a monstrous war crime but today might have been a tragedy caused by a malfunctioning missile fired by Islamic Jihad that struck the parking lot of an Episcopalian hospital … Continued


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With the Facts of Who and What Was Behind the Bombing of a Hospital in Gaza Not Yet Verified, We Look Into How it Has Backfired on Israel We begin with mass casualties from an explosion that struck a hospital in Gaza which Palestinians are blaming on Israel while Israelis are blaming a rocket fired … Continued


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Background Briefing with Ian Masters – October 17, 2023

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Paralysis at Home While Wars Rage Abroad With the House to Vote on Jim (Gym) Jordan For Speaker on Tuesday at Noon We begin with paralysis at home while wars rage abroad as House Republicans, who have been wrangling behind closed doors, prepare to vote on the House floor for a new speaker on Tuesday … Continued


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Background Briefing with Ian Masters – October 16, 2023

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Can Israel Destroy Hamas Then Hand Over Gaza to the UN and Arab States to Rebuild and Sustain it? We begin with an overview of the U.S. getting dragged back into the tormented Middle East as a war between Israel and Hamas rages while Washington tries to focus on a far more serious war of … Continued


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Background Briefing with Ian Masters – October 13, 2023

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The Role the Great Powers are Likely to Play in Israel’s War Against Hamas We begin with the role that the great powers, the U.S., Russia, China and Europe, are likely to play in the war between Israel and Hamas and whether they can resolve or contain the situation as middle powers and local actors … Continued


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Israel’s Intelligence Failures and the Recriminations Soon to Come We begin with the intelligence failures and recriminations soon to emerge once the Israeli military operation against Hamas is over, assuming the war does not widen. Joining us is Paul Pillar, who served for 30 years as an analyst at the CIA, in which his last position … Continued


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Background Briefing with Ian Masters – October 11, 2023

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Jared, MbS, Biden and Bibi Ignored the Palestinians as They Dreamed Up Their Plan for Peace and Prosperity in the Middle East We begin with the political failure amid talk of an intelligence failure that elites in Israel, the Middle East and in Washington are now having to face for not considering the plight of … Continued


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The Intensifying War Between Israel and Hamas We begin with the intensifying war between Israel and Hamas as Israel cuts off fuel, water and food supplies to the Gaza Strip and assess the possibility of another front opening in the north as clashes with Hezbollah escalate. Joining us is Asher Kaufman, Director of the Kroc Institute … Continued


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Background Briefing with Ian Masters – October 6, 2023

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Top Biden Officials Meet With Mexico’s President AMLO Who Denies Fentanyl is Made in Mexico and Blames the US For Refugees From Cuba and Venezuela We begin with the meeting today in Mexico City between Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador, AMLO, and the US Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General … Continued


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The United States is Without a Functioning House of Representatives We begin with the United States without a functioning House of Representatives as jockeying gets underway to replace Kevin McCarthy as speaker while the temporary speaker Patrick McHenry displays partisan pettiness in his first act to kick Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer out of their … Continued


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