Rep. Ro Khanna on why he’s calling for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza war

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🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this conversation recorded for Washington Post Live on March. 6, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) breaks down why he’s worried President Biden’s support for Israel is fraying the Democratic coalition, how Congress should investigate the administrations steady and quiet transfer of arms to Israel, how activists’ calls for a permanent cease-fire have affected White House messaging, and what he hopes to hear from the president’s State of the Union address.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to Kapart. As part of the Washington Post series,
0:05.9	Election 2024, The Stakes, I sat down with Congressman Ro Kana of California's 17th District.
0:13.0	Coming a day after the definitive Super Tuesday contests and the day before President
0:18.7	Biden's State of the Union address, I was prepared to get into all things presidential politics, but I began by asking
0:26.2	Congressman Tana, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, for his reaction to a breaking
0:31.9	story in the Washington Post with the headline,
0:34.4	U.S. Bloods arms into Israel despite mounting alarm over war's conduct.
0:40.0	In this conversation first recorded for Washington Post live on March 6th,
0:44.4	Congressman Kana expresses his alarm over the story,
0:48.1	calls for hearings, and explains why he thinks President Biden should call for a permanent ceasefire.
0:59.0	Well, Congressman, let me get your reaction to a brand new
1:03.6	literally within the last hour, maybe even the last half hour,
1:07.2	exclusive report from John Hudson,
1:09.0	National Security reporter at the Washington Post,
1:11.8	then I will read you this key paragraph.
1:14.8	The United States has quietly approved and delivered more than 100 separate foreign military
1:19.9	sales to Israel since the Gaza War began October 7th, amounting to thousands of
1:24.8	precision-guided munitions small-diaminar bombs, bunker busters, small arms, and
1:31.0	other lethal aid. U.S. officials told members of Congress in a recent classified briefing.
1:38.0	I would love to get your reaction to this news just coming out from the Washington Post.
1:45.2	Jonathan, it's wrong.
1:46.6	I mean, first of all, the administration bypassed Congress.
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