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    <note>The President spoke at 3:16 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; Gov. Jared S. Polis of Colorado; Tina Peters, former clerk and recorder of Mesa County, CO; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller; President-elect Nasry Asfura of Honduras; Tennessee Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Aftyn A. Behn; President Xi Jinping of China; Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of Thailand; Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia; former President Bashar al-Asad of Syria; and Keonne Rodriguez, chief executive officer of Samourai, who was sentenced to 5 years on Federal money laundering charges. Border Czar Homan referred to Reps. Elise M. Stefanik and Claudia Tenney. Reporters referred to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kashyap P. &quot;Kash&quot; Patel; and Raed Saad, a senior commander of Hamas, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike near Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, on December 13; and Iowa National Guard members Sgt. W. Nathaniel Howard, USA, Sgt. Edgar Torres-Tovar, USA, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who were killed when their convoy of joint U.S. and Syrian forces was attacked in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on December 16.</note>
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         <notes>The President spoke at 3:16 p.m. in the Oval Office at the White House. In his remarks, he referred to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine; Gov. Jared S. Polis of Colorado; Tina Peters, former clerk and recorder of Mesa County, CO; White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller; President-elect Nasry Asfura of Honduras; Tennessee Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Aftyn A. Behn; President Xi Jinping of China; Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of Thailand; Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia; former President Bashar al-Asad of Syria; and Keonne Rodriguez, chief executive officer of Samourai, who was sentenced to 5 years on Federal money laundering charges. Border Czar Homan referred to Reps. Elise M. Stefanik and Claudia Tenney. Reporters referred to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kashyap P. &quot;Kash&quot; Patel; and Raed Saad, a senior commander of Hamas, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike near Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, on December 13; and Iowa National Guard members Sgt. W. Nathaniel Howard, USA, Sgt. Edgar Torres-Tovar, USA, and civilian interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, who were killed when their convoy of joint U.S. and Syrian forces was attacked in Palmyra, Syria, on December 13. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on December 16.</notes>
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