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Fox News TV - Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the bombshell allegations against Biden's Gaza pier, including the costly and dangerous nature of it, and VP JD Vance's latest comments on the Russia-Ukraine war. #foxnews #trump #russia #ukraine #news #world #us #war #politics #worldleader

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00:00In the meantime, Danny, you've got this. It faced well-known problems from the very start,

00:05but now a scathing watchdog report shedding new light on former President Biden's floating Gaza

00:11Pier. Washington Post headline says this, Biden's Gaza Pier was more dangerous and costly than

00:17previously known, I'll say. Dan Hoffman with me now, former CIA chief of stations. And Dan,

00:22good morning to you. A couple of bullet points on this absolute failure, 62 U.S. personnel

00:29injured. One U.S. service member died. 230 million to build and maintain, 31 million in damage to

00:36military equipment, 1,000 U.S. forces to execute, 20 days in use, only 20 days in use. I mean, what else?

00:47Well, there were a lot of warnings that the Biden administration received before they launched this

00:53ill-fated plan to help those 2 million Palestinians who were facing starvation, warnings about rough

00:58seas and potential terrorist attacks from Hamas. USAID warned that we were taking Israel off the

01:05hook. It was Israel's responsibility for international law to provide for the Palestinians,

01:11to provide humanitarian assistance. And then for the U.S. military, look, it's a zero-sum game. The

01:17U.S. military can't be everywhere all the time. If you deploy 1,000 U.S. troops to this humanitarian

01:24mission, which they should never have been deployed to in the first place, they're not there to do

01:28counterterrorism missions. Why did he do it? Well, I think, look, this is a case study in foreign

01:35policy and the extent to which the Biden administration made a frivolous decision designed

01:41to curry favor heading into a presidential election and feeling the pressure over Palestinians who were

01:47facing starvation. It just wasn't the right policy decision. And that's the lesson, I think, that we

01:53need to learn here. And we paid a great cost for this. Some made the ultimate sacrifice. And I could

01:58just tell you, Bill, I served in war zones with the U.S. military, and all we asked for was give us a

02:03clear mission and give us all the tools we need to keep ourselves as safe as possible. We know we're

02:07risking our lives, but let's do everything we can to keep ourselves safe. We didn't do that in this

02:12case. Yeah, no doubt. Let's talk about Ukraine, Russia, and maybe a changing tone with regard to

02:17Putin. Two sound bites here, okay? First, I want you to listen to the vice president, J.D. Vance,

02:21on Wednesday. That's okay. I'll let you get that. Listen to Vance. I wouldn't say that the Russians are

02:25uninterested in bringing this thing to a resolution. What I would say is right now, the Russians are asking

02:31for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict.

02:37We think they're asking for too much. We would like both the Russians and the Ukrainians to

02:43actually agree on some basic guidelines for sitting down and talking to one another.

02:48He also talked about how you got to listen to them for an hour, talk about the grievances they hold

02:53deeply and dearly based on history. President Trump was asked about Vance's comments on the same day

02:59and said this yesterday. We are getting to a point where some decisions are going to have to be

03:07made. I'm not happy about it. I'm not happy about it.

03:10So, Dan, do you sense a tone shift here? And as we talk about that, remember Xi's in Moscow,

03:17right? You're talking for several days there with the Russian leader.

03:21I do sense a change in tone and also action. Look, the Trump administration tried to entice

03:29Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. They tried everything they could to end the war

03:33through negotiation. And Putin made it clear that he wasn't serious about a ceasefire.

03:38As a result, the Trump administration has allowed Patriot missiles to be transferred from Israel and

03:43from Poland to Ukraine. And also they recently approved a $300 million F-16 package supply parts

03:51to Ukraine as well. Look, at the core of Vladimir Putin's worldview is conflict and confrontation

03:57with the West. And there appears to be no getting over that. Putin wants Kiev. And he appears to be

04:04relentlessly focused on that unattainable strategic objective. We need to drive a wedge between Putin

04:10and his axis of dictatorships like China. Xi Jinping is there in Russia right now. There's

04:14no denying the relationship they have. But we've got to make this war clear loser for Putin. And we

04:20can do that by continuing to support Ukraine. All right. There will be more news with J.D. Vance

04:25later today when Martha sits down with him in Washington. We'll see what comes of that. Thank

04:28you, sir. Dan Hoffman, nice to see you.

04:40Dan Hoffman, nice to see you.

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