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Tammy Bruce Pressed About The Lebanese President’s Announcement That He ‘Intends To Disarm Hezbollah’
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During Thursday's State Department press briefing, Spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about the announcement made by the Lebanese President Joseph Khalil Aoun about disarming Hezbollah.
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Thank you, Jamie. Appreciate it. Two questions. First off, number one, President of Lebanon
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remarked yesterday that he intends to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year, but he said
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it needs to be done on a bilateral basis without foreign interference or foreign pressure. I wanted
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to get State's reaction to that comment from the Lebanese President and ask how it might shape
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Deputy Special Envoy Ortega's role going forward in dealing with the Lebanon portfolio.
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You know, you always ask me things that I have opinions on, would love to answer, but I can't
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as the State, I'm here to talk to you about, you know, what results of things, what we're
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intending, what we're doing, certainly not speculating on what Morgan Ortega will be able to do, what
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any Special Envoy will be able to do, what our response to another nation's leader will
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do, or what they are stating. What we do know, of course, and what is clear and remains clear,
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is that we want peace in that entire region, obviously. We are dealing with the Iran threat,
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which of course includes Hezbollah, let alone Hamas, and the Houthis. This is an over- this
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is an encompassing dynamic. So I leave that, for very good reason, to diplomats. And we'll- we know
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that they're addressing and aware of all the other aspects there, but we stand with Israel.
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This is not- this is not difficult, as is the reason why we're there, and why we stand-
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