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Trump Orders Full Investigation as Leak Forced Iran‑Wide Manhunt for U.S. Pilot · The Ben Ferguson Podcast

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  Speaker 1: They basically said that we have one in there's somebody missing.
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  Speaker 2: Well, they didn't know.
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  Speaker 1: There was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information.
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  Speaker 1: So whoever it was, we think we'll be able to
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  Speaker 1: find it out because we're going to go to the
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  Speaker 1: media company that released it and we're going to say
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  Speaker 1: national Security, give it up or go to jail.
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  Speaker 3: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
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  Speaker 2: Good Tuesday morning.
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  Speaker 4: Nice to have you with us on the forty seven
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  Speaker 4: Morning Update, and we've got two very big stories for
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  Speaker 4: you this morning. First up, President Trump had a White
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  Speaker 4: House press conference talking about Iran and multiple other issues,
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  Speaker 4: including hearing from the Secretary of War.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to break that down for you as well.
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  Speaker 4: And then there's a second story which is getting a
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  Speaker 4: lot of attention, the President saying we're going to find
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  Speaker 4: out who leaked the story about the second down US
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  Speaker 4: pilot in Iran. President was very upset about it and
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  Speaker 4: refer to the person that leaked it as a quote
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  Speaker 4: sick person. We'll have that for you as well. It's
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  Speaker 4: the forty seven Morning Update and it starts arts right now.
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  Speaker 4: Story number one at the White House, President Trump delivered
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  Speaker 4: one of the most intense and consequential briefings of the
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  Speaker 4: ongoing conflict with Iran, making it clear that the next
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  Speaker 4: twenty four to forty eight hours could define everything. The
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  Speaker 4: President opened by highlighting what he called a historic and
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  Speaker 4: highly complex military success, the daring rescue of two down
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  Speaker 4: American airmen deep inside Iranian territory.
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  Speaker 1: Thursday night, an American F fifteen fighter jet went down
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  Speaker 1: deep inside enemy territory in Iran while participating in Operation
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  Speaker 1: Epic Fury, where we're doing unbelievably well well at a
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  Speaker 1: level that nobody's ever seen before. The entire country could
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  Speaker 1: be taken out in one night, and that night might
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  Speaker 1: be tomorrow night. Both members of the crew ejected from
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  Speaker 1: the aircraft and landed alive on Iranian soil. I immediately
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  Speaker 1: was asked to make a decision. I ordered the US
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  Speaker 1: Armed Forces to do whatever was necessary to bring our
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  Speaker 1: brave warriors back home. A risky decision because we could
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  Speaker 1: have ended up with one hundred dead as opposed to
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  Speaker 1: one or two. It's a hard decision to make, but
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  Speaker 1: in the United States Military, we leave no American behind.
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  Speaker 5: We don't do it.
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  Speaker 1: Within hours of our Armed Forces deployed twenty one military
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  Speaker 1: aircraft into hostile airspace, many flying at very low altitude, being.
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  Speaker 5: Shot by bullets.
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  Speaker 1: You bring rifles into play when you go in that
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  Speaker 1: low but there are also certain advantages. And in broad
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  Speaker 1: daylight over Iran for seven hours at times, facing very
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  Speaker 1: very heavy enemy fire. We have a helicopter. There's got
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  Speaker 1: a lot of bullets in it. It's amazing. We just
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  Speaker 1: realized how good those weapons are, those our machines are.
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  Speaker 1: Nobody has, Nobody has the equipment that we have, and
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  Speaker 1: nobody has the military that we have, not even the
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  Speaker 1: most powerful military anywhere in the world by far. The
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  Speaker 1: flight crews and warfighters aboard those aircraft took extraordinary risks
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  Speaker 1: to rescue their fellow service members. This first wave of
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  Speaker 1: search and rescue forces successfully located the pilot of the
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  Speaker 1: F fifteen and he was extracted from enemy territory by
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  Speaker 1: an H eight sixty Jolly Green two helicopter. Fabulous machine
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  Speaker 1: as their warriors faced gunfire at very close range. It's
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  Speaker 1: amazing that when you look at the machinery, what happened
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  Speaker 1: that nobody was even injured. Meanwhile, the second crew member,
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  Speaker 1: weapons system officer, a highly respected colonel had landed a
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  Speaker 1: significant distance away from the pilot. When you're going at
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  Speaker 1: those speeds, even if you go out two or three
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  Speaker 1: seconds later, it's miles, it's miles and miles away because
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  Speaker 1: you're going fast. He was injured quite badly and stranded
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  Speaker 1: in an area teaming with terrors from the Islamic Revolutionary
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  Speaker 1: Guard Corps ROUGH group, as well as besieged military militia
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  Speaker 1: and local authorities of many On top of everything else,
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  Speaker 1: they told the communities actually withinside of Iran, the people
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  Speaker 1: of Iran, they were given a tremendous incentive to find
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  Speaker 1: this pilot.
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  Speaker 4: The present praising the US forces for executing a mission
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  Speaker 4: that involved elite special forces operation units, dozens of aircraft,
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  Speaker 4: and intelligence deception tactics by the CIA, all while engaging
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  Speaker 4: enemy forces and bringing both American pilots home safely. The
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  Speaker 4: Present made it clear America will always bring its people home,
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  Speaker 4: no matter the risk. The President also wanted to make
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  Speaker 4: it very clear that he was saying thank you to
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  Speaker 4: our US armed forces that were involved, and also saying
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  Speaker 4: thank you to God for protecting them while they were
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  Speaker 4: doing this mission.
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  Speaker 1: I want to thank every member of the USAR forces
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  Speaker 1: involved in these historic operations. They really were historic. It's
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  Speaker 1: just not something that's done and you'd understand it. Not
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  Speaker 1: that they don't want to do it, but when you're
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  Speaker 1: going into areas, when you look at these helicopters, when
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  Speaker 1: you look at the amount of bullets and everything else
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  Speaker 1: that they took, when you go into these areas, you
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  Speaker 1: don't come out like we came out. God was watching us. Well,
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  Speaker 1: it was the Easter. We were in the Easter territory,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, but God was watching us.
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  Speaker 5: Amazing.
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  Speaker 4: Now, the president quickly turned to the warning with Iran,
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  Speaker 4: President Trump issuing now a direct and unmistakable warning to
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  Speaker 4: the country, saying the regime is now facing a very
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  Speaker 4: short deadline to comply with US demands, including halting its
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  Speaker 4: nuclear ambitions and reopening the critical global shipping routes like
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  Speaker 4: the Strait of Hormuz. Trump warned that if Iran refuses,
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  Speaker 4: the United States is prepared to launch massive, overwhelming strikes
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  Speaker 4: hit key infrastructure, including energy and transportation systems, could be
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  Speaker 4: targeted as well, and in his words, Iran could be
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  Speaker 4: taken out in one night if necessary. At the same time,
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  Speaker 4: Trump emphasized he does not want war, but make clear
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  Speaker 4: that America is fully prepared if Iran forces the issue.
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  Speaker 4: The President also claimed intelligence suggests growing internal pressure inside
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  Speaker 4: of Iran, arguing that many civilians want change and are
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  Speaker 4: watching closely what happens next, which brings us to the
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  Speaker 4: Secretary of War Pete Headseth at the White House saying
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  Speaker 4: this about what Iran has decide very quickly.
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  Speaker 5: President Trump understands at peace through strength.
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  Speaker 6: It's not a slogan, it is a doctrine that saves
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  Speaker 6: American lives. He's on wavering commitment to rebuilding our military
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  Speaker 6: and restoring the warrior spirit. Has paid dividends in missions
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  Speaker 6: just like this one. Under his America projects power with
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  Speaker 6: confidence and brings our people home with victory.
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  Speaker 5: And that continues today.
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  Speaker 6: By the way, per the President's direction, today will be
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  Speaker 6: the largest volume of strike since day one of this operation.
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  Speaker 6: Tomorrow even more than today, and then Iran has a
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  Speaker 6: choice choose wisely, because this president does not play around.
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  Speaker 6: You can ask Solimani, you can ask Duro, you can
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  Speaker 6: ask Kimani. To those heroes who planned and executed these rescues,
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  Speaker 6: your nation stands in awe.
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  Speaker 5: I stand in all. The Chairman stands in all.
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  Speaker 6: We all stand in awe of your professionalism and bravery.
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  Speaker 5: We serve for you.
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  Speaker 6: You embody the very best of America To the rescued
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  Speaker 6: airmen and their families.
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  Speaker 5: Welcome home your courage and endurance.
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  Speaker 6: The quiet declaration of faith amid the storm inspires us
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  Speaker 6: all God is good every day.
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  Speaker 4: The President also ended by saying that yes, Iran is
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  Speaker 4: an active participant in cease fire negotiations last week.
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  Speaker 7: Last week you suggested that Europe should take the lead
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  Speaker 7: on reopening the straight up our moves. Has circumstances changed
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  Speaker 7: now that you're issuing a direct forty eight hour I
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  Speaker 7: mean forty eight hour ultimatum. And secondly, what a new
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  Speaker 7: ceasefire food Israel? And would it just be between you right here.
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  Speaker 2: We're talking about But I.
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  Speaker 1: Can tell you that we have a active, willing participant
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  Speaker 1: on the other side.
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  Speaker 5: They would like to be able to make a deal.
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  Speaker 5: I can't say any more than that.
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  Speaker 4: One thing is for sure. The President has set a
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  Speaker 4: deadline and he's not flinching. And now the big question
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  Speaker 4: is what will a ran do next. We'll have it
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  Speaker 4: all for you that I can promise you.
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  Speaker 3: Now. Story number two, there was a.
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  Speaker 4: Part of the White House press conference with Donald Trump.
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  Speaker 4: That should stop every American in your tracks, and frankly,
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  Speaker 4: it should really make you angry. President Donald Trump shocked
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  Speaker 4: the world when revealing that while the world was watching
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  Speaker 4: the rescue of one down American pilot inside Iran, there
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  Speaker 4: was actually a second pilot still on the ground, alive,
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  Speaker 4: hiding and waiting to be brought home.
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  Speaker 2: And here's the key.
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  Speaker 4: The United States had kept that information secret on purpose.
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  Speaker 4: Why because every second mattered, because the pilot's survival depended
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  Speaker 4: on Iran not knowing that he was even there.
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  Speaker 2: But then someone leaked it.
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  Speaker 4: According to President Trump, a media report exposed the existence
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  Speaker 4: of that second pilot while the rescue mission was still unfolding,
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  Speaker 4: and just like that, the entire situation changed. Suddenly Iran new,
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  Speaker 4: Suddenly people on the ground in Iran new.
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  Speaker 2: And according to Trump, there.
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  Speaker 4: Were even reports of rewards being offered to find and
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  Speaker 4: capture that American pilot. Now think about that, an American
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  Speaker 4: literally behind enemy lines trying to survive, and a leak
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  Speaker 4: back home in America may have just told the enemy
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  Speaker 4: exactly what to look for. The President did not hold back.
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  Speaker 4: He called the person responsible for the leak sick and
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  Speaker 4: he made it clear this wasn't just irresponsible. He also
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  Speaker 4: believes that it was dangerous and says that there should
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  Speaker 4: be consequences. Here's the President in his own words.
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  Speaker 1: But these two extraordinary rescues because it was too and
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  Speaker 1: as you probably know, we didn't talk about the first.
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  Speaker 5: One for an hour.
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  Speaker 1: Then somebody leaked something, which will hopefully find that leaker.
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  Speaker 1: We're looking very hard to find that leaker and talk
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  Speaker 1: about there's somebody missing. They basically said that we have
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  Speaker 1: one and there's somebody missing. Well, they didn't know there
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  Speaker 1: was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information. So
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  Speaker 1: whoever it was, we think we'll be able to find
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  Speaker 1: it out because we're going to go to the media
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  Speaker 1: company that released it and we're going to say national security,
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  Speaker 1: give it up or go to jail. And we know
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  Speaker 1: who and you know who we're talking about, because some
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  Speaker 1: things you can do. Because when they did that, all
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  Speaker 1: of a sudden, the entire country of Iran knew that
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  Speaker 1: there was a pilot that was somewhere on their land
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  Speaker 1: that was fighting for his life. And it also made
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  Speaker 1: it much more difficult for the pilots and for the
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  Speaker 1: people going in to search for him. All of a sudden,
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  Speaker 1: they know that there's somebody out there, they see all
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  Speaker 1: these planes coming in. It became a much more difficult
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  Speaker 1: operation because a leaker leaked that we have one, we've
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  Speaker 1: rescued one, but there's another one out there that we're
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  Speaker 1: trying to get. So actually, the country Iran put out
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  Speaker 1: a major notice you all saw it, offering a very
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  Speaker 1: big award for anybody that captures the pilot. So in
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  Speaker 1: addition to a hostle very talented, very good, very evil military,
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  Speaker 1: we had millions of people trying to get an award.
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  Speaker 1: So when you add that to it, but we have
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  Speaker 1: to find that leaker, because that's a sick person. Probably
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  Speaker 1: didn't realize the extent of how bad it was. I
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  Speaker 1: can't imagine that the person did. But we're going to
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  Speaker 1: find out. It's national security and the person that did
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  Speaker 1: the story will go to jail if he doesn't say
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  Speaker 1: and that doesn't last long, and I think everybody would
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  Speaker 1: understand it. They put this mission at great risk, They
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  Speaker 1: put that man at great risk, and they put the
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of people that went in looking for him. Because
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  Speaker 1: everyone now knows that we're going.
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  Speaker 4: In the president saying exactly what needed to be said,
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  Speaker 4: there will be consequences. The administration launching this full investigation
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  Speaker 4: to find out exactly who leaked that information, and he
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  Speaker 4: wentn't even further warning the media outlet involved could be
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  Speaker 4: forced to reveal its source or face legal consequences. Now,
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  Speaker 4: if you just step back and look at the bigger picture,
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  Speaker 4: this wasn't politics, This wasn't spend. This was a real
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  Speaker 4: time military operation with American lives on the line, those
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  Speaker 4: that were trying to rescue the individual and the individual
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  Speaker 4: on the ground behind enemy lines. According to President the
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  Speaker 4: at operation was made more dangerous because someone decided to
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  Speaker 4: lead classified information in the middle of it. And in
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  Speaker 4: the end, both pilots were brought home safely, and that's
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  Speaker 4: the part we should all be grateful for. But the
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  Speaker 4: question now is simple, who leaked it? And why would
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  Speaker 4: anyone take that kind of risk with an American life, Because,
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  Speaker 4: as we learn today, the battlefield isn't just overseas. Sometimes
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  Speaker 4: the danger comes from inside our own country.
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