00:00Thank you, Caroline. Two questions, one on TSA, one on Iran. On TSA, for ordinary Americans watching the briefing, how
00:08long until everything goes back to normal at airports after the President's action? And then on Iran, on the time
00:15frame, President Trump initially said about four weeks. Secretary of State Rubio on Friday reportedly said it might be another
00:21two to four. Is two to four the current ballpark that the administration is thinking?
00:25Secretary of State, with respect to the timeline, again, the President, Commander-in-Chief, the Pentagon has always stated four
00:31to six weeks estimated timeline for Operation Epic Fury. We're on day 30 today. So again, you do the math
00:38on how much longer we, the Pentagon needs to fully achieve the objectives of Operation Epic Fury, which I will
00:44reiterate, destroy the Iranian Navy, destroy their ballistic missiles, dismantle their missile and drone production infrastructure, significantly weaken their proxies,
00:55throughout the course of this operation, and then, of course, preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon. To your
01:01first question, Stephen, about TSA and airports, nothing will be truly normal again until Democrats do the right thing to
01:07fund this agency fully. Again, the President has stepped in in the meantime to do what's right to end this
01:14crisis that we've had at air travel and at airports across the country in the meantime.
01:19But again, Congress needs to come back. Democrats need to fund the Department of Homeland Security so we can formally
01:24and fully get these great employees paid long into the future.
01:30Jonathan.
01:31Thanks a lot, Caroline. Two questions regarding the financial cost of the war. Back during the Persian Gulf War 1990
01:37-1991, Arab countries paid for the vast majority of the cost of the war, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE.
01:45Who's paying for the cost of this war? Will those Arab countries step up to do just that?
01:51Ms. Well, I think it's something the President would be quite interested in calling them to do. I won't get
01:56ahead of him on that. But certainly, it's an idea that I know that he has and something that I
02:02think you'll hear more from him on.
02:03And then secondly, the cost of diesel is averaging at $538 a gallon right now. What's the message from the
02:12Trump administration to truck drivers who are dealing with those high fuel costs right now?
02:16Ms. Again, we understand. We hear you. We see you. We are fully tracking this short-term fluctuation in oil
02:23and in diesel prices. And that's why the President and the administration have continually announced robust actions to provide stability
02:30in the global energy market.
02:31As you know, political risk insurance, one of those actions allowing countries to purchase sanctioned oil just to increase the
02:38supply in the meantime.
02:40We've worked to release 400 billion barrels of oil in refined products as well. We issued the 60 Day Jones
02:48Act waiver. All of this has with the goal of increasing supply to create stabilization in the market in the
02:55meantime.
02:55But the overall message, as we've repeatedly stated, as again, these are short-term actions and short-term price fluctuations
03:02for the long-term benefit of ending the threat that Iran poses to the United States of America, our troops
03:10and our allies in the region.
03:12And ensuring that this regime can no longer control the world's free flow of energy through the Strait of Pramos,
03:18which is something the administration continues to tackle day by day as well.
03:21Jennifer.
03:22Jennifer.
03:23Jennifer.
03:23Jennifer.
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