i want to bring it's either and global affairs analyst mark esper, who served as defense secretary under former president trump. he also works with some aerospace and defense technology companies but mr. secretary, thanks so much for joining us. give us immediate reaction to this direct attack from iran against israel, launching all of these drones, rockets, missiles, going after various targets in israel charbel up, it's good to be with you. first of all, look, i'm a little surprised by the scale and scope of the iranian attack. it's clearly disproportionate. i expected to see something much smaller and maybe something that did not hit israel proper. and so this is a really significant escalation. and when you stop the back and look over the decades, you can see since the iranian revolution in 1979, when iran and israel broke off relations this is the first time that i can recall that direct confrontation between these two countries. >> and a >> major change, of course, in the proxy wars, the last 20 years between the two. so i think we're seeing a major political point in the middle ea

what works for bringing along not only mark esper the man but all the mark espers in the country? audiences and surrogates. so one is these high-level people like mark esper, like jim mattis, people who worked for donald trump, saw him up close and saw the kind of threat that he is. and their voices are unique and have real persuasion power for some of these college-educated suburban voters who've never liked trump but can sometimes forget the depth of the threat that he represents. and so hearing it from people who worked for him, who had his best interests at heart and the country's interests at heart, who are institutional republicans, they matter to those voters, and i've seen someone like general kelly quoted before suggesting that perhaps it wouldn't matter to voters if he spoke out. and that is wrong. i think that is -- that's something that happens during the primary where whenever these establishment republicans criticize trump it tends to rally people to trump even more. that's true with the base. it is not true with these swing voters. and so people like esper speaking

joining me now is former secretary of defense under president trump, mark esper. mr. secretary.hank you very much for being here. so let's start with this threat. it do you anticipate when you hear the word inevitable that it actually is and what do you think it might look like? >> it is inevitable. this is a culture, the iranian culture that goes an eye for an eye, just like they did when the united states, when i was at the pentagon attack, soleimani, they responded within five days. so they're going to attack back i would've expected they would want to do it by themselves rather than through proxies. and i would expect that it would do they would go after a like targets. so some type of senior israeli official maybe a consular building if they could do that although the opportunities to do so are limited in that region of the world. so it's, it'll be interesting to see how they go about this i don't think they will go after united states targets because i think at the end of the day, they want to make sure that the united states washington is there to restrain israel in case

i want to go back to mark esper for a second because mark we're digesting what jeremy is just telling us now and i want to get your take on a couple of things. first of all, this, the fact that it's going to take several hours for these drones to get there. what does that mean in terms of being able to shoot these down to prepare for them, what does that look like? >> shorts. it's not difficult to shoot the drones down. they launched dozens because some will malfunction and routes, some will get lost. you want some to make their way through. but if this is really an iranian full-throated attack, they would face it in so all missiles so everything hits their targets around the same time so at some point they would march, launch ballistic missiles. it's worth noting that iran has the largest and most diverse ballistic missile force in the region. and it's probably their singularly the best capable conventional capability. but they would launch ballistic missiles at some point to time with the landing of the cruise missile, with the cruise missiles and drones. and that would only take a

mark esper is definitely not voting for trump and he's not alone.nalysis of this year's primary results show donald trump's weakness with republican voters goes beyond the highly educated suburbanarians that have swung blue over the past decade. they found there is also a significant block of voters who did not want trump in more exurban, red leaning counties. making it clear that while independents and crossover voters may have boosted nikki haley in some primaries, a chunk of true republican voters still wish for someone else to be the party's nominee. but as politico also notes, skepticism of trump doesn't mean biden has an easy road. so the big question for the president is if he can turn antitrump voters into pro biden voters. david plouffe was the campan manager for obama's 2008 campaign and he was an advisor to former president obama. good to see you. just how deep is this republican break from trump in your eyes? how do you see it? is it real? and is it something that biden can take advantage of? >> well, i will say it is deep enough. you kn

that is the military's responsive to the president as commander in chief and two civilians like mark esper, who are appointed to run the department of defense. but they have to work hand in glove with military leaders some of whom have spent 30, 40 years in uniform. steeped in military affairs, dedicated their lives to defending our country. and that, and they've ultimately follow the directions the civilians, because that's the way our constitution was set up. but that only works if you have deep trust between the civilians and the military leaders that we have one purpose to defend the constitution, to defend the country, to be apolitical, to stand up for the rule of law. and if the president transmits orders that say violate the law, and then expects the military to violate the law when they've sworn to uphold the constitution and when they can be prosecuted for violating the law. so maybe the president would be immune, not subject to to prosecution, but the military wouldn't, from the generals down to the soldiers, would not be immune from prosecution you should, you put them in a terr

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> let's get straight to the >> source tonight with former defense secretary under former trump, mark esper, who is now a cnn political commentator and secretary esper, it's great to have you because what we're hearing from these sources is that senior us officials and their counterparts believed that this is inevitable. it's not clear where or when, but can you just walk us through what's happening inside the pentagon? what's happening inside a situation room right now as they tried to make these assessments yeah, sure thing. >> caitlin and as >> you mentioned, i think i've had the benefit of gone through this when we struck soleimani on january 3, 2020, and then had to figure out fully expecting that iran would respond how and when they would do that. now, we had very good intelligence about that, but we knew this much and i think if these are principles apply in this situation is as well, they are going to act, they're going to feel the need to uphold their dignity, to maintain credibility with the proxies throughout the region, and to really meet the demands of hardliners within the aca

well, it's now former us defense secretary and cia and global affairs analyst mark esper. mr. secretary, thanks so much for being with us. >> these >> leaders, prime minister tusk, rishi sunak of the uk, sending a message. it seems that the actions you are taking is real, are pushing you further away from success us what do you think >> first of all, good morning, john. >> look, i >> think that assessment is correct. what happened was a terrible tragedy. it should be completely avoidable. >> it appears that >> the world central kitchen personnel on the ground did everything possible, everything right to avoid such a calamity if for example, marking their vehicles, providing details on where they're traveling and when. >> and yet, the idf >> somehow got this wrong, screwed this up. i mean, you would think after six months of conflict, they would've figured out how to d conflict these types of things, how to do proper coordination. so look, it was good to see prime minister netanyahu on teeth tv yesterday, acknowledging the mistake was made, the israeli president apologize for t

thankfully men like mark esper and mark milley were there to tell him no, you can't do that.artment of justice to pursue these baseless allegations of voter fraud, and he was about to install an attorney general who would have sent some letter to the states basically saying because of our serious concerns about the election, you should convene special sessions. no basis in fact or law for that. and he was thwarted again by adults in the room. my fear is that those adults won't be in the room this time. that the currency for service in a second term would be loyalty, not competence. and that's chilling, as you said. thankfully there were people in place who were guardrails who respected norms and respected independence of thothosations, those agencies. let me share a quick story about what president obama said to us when i was a u.s. attorney. i was fortunate to be appointed, presidentially appointed, confirmed by the senate, the united states attorney, when there were 50 of us confirmed in the beginning of the obama administration, we all went to the white house for the sort

his former defense secretary mark esper said "i think he's unfit for office." other former defense secretary said "he's the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people, he tries to divide us." former chief of staff john kelly said trump "has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our constitution, and the rule of law." his former attorney general bill barr suggested trump "shouldn't be anywhere near the oval office." former secretary of state rex tillerson said his understanding of global and u.s. history is "really limited." [ laughter ] can we get some music to speed this up? because there are more. ♪ former national security adviser said he showed "the absence of leadership." another former national security advisor said foreign leaders think trump is a "laughing fool." his former communications director called him "the domestic terrorist of the 21st century." his former press secretary -- "i am terrified of him running in 2024." his former homeland security adviser -- "an utter disgrace." former white house ai

you saw mark esper, his former defense secretary, say i won't vote for him. you're starting to see cracks in the fear. i think the leaders of that have been the members of our judicial branch. you have seen prosecutors, like letitia james, like fani willis who say you can try to humiliate me, do whatever you want. i'm not giving up. judge merchan who said you're attacking my daughter. you're not going to do that. i'm going to stand up to those who say it would be a bad look to expand this order, talking about my family. you're starting to see people will stand up to him, not just jack smith. that seems to me to be good news. >> yeah. i think there are a few. unfortunately, there are way too many that are in office right now that are part of this chapter in history that will be written that the republican party failed to stand up to a bully that wanted to destroy not just many institutions but the most important institution, which is the rule of law in this country. you know, i remember, joy, you may remember your first year of law school, but i remember my fi

former defense secretary mark esper joins us. >>> then -- >> translator: the region cannot an

those are three republicans, mike pence, mark esper, former defense secretary, and john bolton. a lot of republicans will sit back and let him come back in. or either be passive about it or actively vote for him again. in this book, you draw a line between the kind of straight line from the slave holding south through the 1920s. which you and i agree is the era we're kind of reliving. talk about that and why so many republicans will go along. >> well, why so many republicans go along is an interesting question. there's obviously the professional republican class, which is basically people like bill barr, who i think are basically cowards and they don't want to be expelled from the republican community, even though barr has said very negative things about donald trump. but as far as your average republican voter, why don't -- i don't believe anymore that people don't see the threat that donald trump poses. he makes it clear every single day the kind of threat he poses. so if people are willing to support him, you can only conclude that they're just -- they don't care. you know, a

i asked his former defense secretary, mark esper, whether he believes the gop holdouts had fallen victim to put putin propaganda i want to, as reagan republican, what you make of people like marjorie taylor greene says, is anti-semitic to make israeli aid contingent on funding ukrainian nazis. these should be separate bills. i'm just focusing on her language because that is literally an intravenous feed of russian disinformation directed straight at them to stop them from sending those weapons. are you concerned that they're basically doing putin's bidding? >> we've got concerned about that language. it's just it's so outlandish and it's so wrong. and in many ways, look when we, we the united states are the leader of the free world. if we don't lead, the vacuum will be created and either russia or china or both to authority. tour in states will step in and over time tried to break down on the international rules, order and norms and install their own values. and that's not the world we want to live in so now, is a moment for leadership and i think we have to step up in both cases in all

esper, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. anderson. this weekend will >> markhs since the october 7 terror attacks, six months of captivity for the hostages taken on that day by hamas and islamic jihad and others. up next i'll talk with the parents who won the american hostages, hirsch goldberg, poland, who are trying to keep attention on the plight of their son and all the others who are in captivity it only takes a second for an every day item to become dangerous tide pods, child guards helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place. and your child safer to close twist until it clicks. tide pods, child guard packaging. >> when i was diagnosed with hiv, i didn't know who i would be, but here i am being me keep being you and ask your health care provider about the number one prescribed hiv treatment. big tare bits rv is a complete one pill once a day treatment used for hiv in many >> people, whether you're for 18 or any with one small pill, pick derby fights hiv to help you get to undetectable and stay there. whether you're just starting or replacing your current

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back and that also refused to endorse him like vice president mike pence, like defense secretary mark esper. i mean, those are the characters that won't be going going on with him that won't be holding the guardrails of our democracy together. so you're right to point out who's in court this week and why it's of interesting >> i want to go to you, joe had >> rfk talking with erin burnett last night and he had a lot to say about which presidential candidate has a greater threat to democracy. he made the argument that president biden what do you make of what you've heard? and do you think this is going to have some real implications here >> it look, i think rfk junior is nothing but a spoiler that was set up to hurt joe biden. there's no question in my mind >> half of them money to his super pac comes from a major trump supporter who gave millions to trump trump's super pac. it's not an act, >> steve bannon has been out there pushing him to run for president from the get go promised two years now, there's not an, it's not an accident at all. i think yeah. there are implications because in the

those responsibilities on quote, joining us now, the secretary of defense for donald trump and mark esper, who served on the board or as a strategic advisor? >> so to handful of aerospace and defense related company secretary esper as a former trump senior official what was it like listening to the supreme court as they debated these hypotheticals today that may be didn't seem all that hypothetical. >> well, good afternoon, jake. i think first and foremost, it was a very serious debate and discussion for the small parts that i heard about it. and what i read about it. >> as i like to say that i hate these examples being brought up about somehow the military being ordered to engineer a coup or the use of the military to kill a political opponent. >> it's just so outlandish. it's utterly ridiculous and i wish we would stay away from those examples and maybe look at more serious ones. >> but it was clear at the the court had teased out tthere is a difference between immunity for official conduct and then no immunity for personal conduct and justice. >> amy coney barrett really put trump's de

quote answerable due to the us support of israel, former secretary of defense under donald trump, mark esper joins us now secretary esper, it's good to see you. how big of an escalation was this attack? and are you confident that israel's intelligence was accurate when they describe this compound >> good afternoon jake. look, i think it is significant. it is an explicit attack that israel has acknowledged against a senior iranian general in syria. they are claiming it had some type of diplomatic status. i'm not sure that really matter. >> but the fact is they, >> they attacked and killed several senior quds force person's and allegedly also some syrians and some palestinian islamic jihad personnel the belief is they were plotting next moves in syria against israel >> so protesters in tehran burned american and israeli flags following the attack. of course, we never have any idea how, how organic any of these protests are in iran, how concerned you think us officials should be? about any retaliation from iran against the united states. and what form do you think? do you think do you expect re

of course it is not joining us now the former secretary of defense under president donald trump, mark esperhe board or as introduce strategic advisor for a handful of aerospace and defense related companies so you're republican, you're a reagan republican, right? absolutely. and you went to west points. you're from the 80s, the whole thing what's your take when you hear like-minded republicans, conservatives saying some of our republican colleagues are repeating russian propaganda on the floor of the house. yeah, look, it's troubling. it's very troubling and others are both very serious lawmakers. i know them both, and it's true. i mean, we've seen the intelligence reporting over the years that russia is trying to influence the social discussion that america, they're trying to influence our policy and arguably they are influencing the policy when it comes to ukraine, funding. and of course, moscow's not the only ones we got beijing doing the same thing. so it's a big issue. i think social media and these types of operations or the achilles heel of our democracy ukrainian president zelenskyy

let's talk about this now with cnn global affairs analyst mark esper, who served as secretary of defense during the trump administration sir, i wonder if you think that this will tank hostage and ceasefire talks well, good afternoon, rionda. it's certainly very troubling that they can't identify the 40 people or anybody matching that criteria, israel has been asking for identification now for weeks because that is the number one thing, arguably the sole thing that they want right now is returned to the hostages. now, latest count had that there were about 133 hostages remaining in gaza, 36 or so of them were confirmed dead. so the question is, where are these remaining 92 and at this point, if the reports are correct? than they are largely all israeli male soldiers at this point. so this is gonna be a major issue, a major stumbling block in these negotiations >> netanyahu is again promising an invasion of rafah with there are so many palestinians who are sheltering, but we've also heard him repeatedly approach proving plans for rafah, talking about it, and then it not happening when we t

esper, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you. anderson. >> this weekend will mark six months since the october 7 terror attacks, six months of captivity for the hostages taken on that day by hamas and islamic jihad and others. up next i'll talk with the parents who won the american hostages, hirsch goldberg, poland, who are trying to keep attention on the plight of their son and all the others who are in captivity bills are crazy >> she's no idea. she sitting on a goldmine. >> she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more, she can sell all were part of it to coventry for cash, even a term policy even a term policy >> find out if you're sitting on a goldmine called coventry direct today at 8046180800, or visit coventry direct.com i'm nfl hall of famer dan marino, you know, i used to be afraid of things like defensive lines, losing games. but what's insane is that years later by biggest fear became trying to fall asleep. but the insanity stop ryan learned about relaxing them sleep. i started sleeping again the first night while i might

trump about this in the context of comments he reportedly made to his former secretary of defense, mark esper, who wrote in his book that trump suggested during the black lives matter protests in 2020, that he porter the shooting of protesters in the leg? donald trump didn't deny that he said that he disparaged as birds is worth secretary defense, when i asked whether he would be willing to send the military on protesters as president, he said he likely wouldn't have to because he would rely mostly on the national guard mostly on the national guard. so just it's just important contexts in light of these images. obviously, speaker mike johnson called for the national guard days ago at columbia, that hasn't yet happened, but we do see these as our reporter said, the most surge police that he's ever seen covering protests in new york right now, massed outside the gates of columbia university you talked to trump about political violence as well. and we'll see what happens here. but of course from the left, many would characterize this as politically driven violence. on the right. of course, there

i want to bring in mark esper, who served as defense secretary during the trump administration. she's also now a cnn global affairs analyst. mr. secretary, thanks so much for joining us. so what's your reaction to what about erasure is just reporting that the house will now vote on these aid packages and then eventually lump them all together as it sends the package to the senate for approval. >> well, good morning. now. look, i think it's very good news. >> it's the right decision. and frankly, it's a courageous decision by speaker johnson. he obviously is taking on a number of members of his coalition, the far right, the freedom caucus numbers yeah, two dozen, three dozen or so. >> and the boat shows that, but i'm encouraged by it. >> i was also encouraged to hear if i heard a menn numbers correctly, that three-quarters of republicans voted for this package. so it tells you that an easy majority of republicans still believe that america's leadership in the world matters and that we need to help ukraine. and of course, israel and support taiwan as well. so i think this is a ver

quote refusing to have our allies back close quote i'm joined now by cnn global affairs analyst mark esper. he served as the defense secretary under former president trump. he also serves on the board or as a strategic advisor for a handful of aerospace and defense related companies. secretary esper, thanks so much for joining us. as you know, conservative republicans have warned speaker johnson over including funding for ukraine in any aid bill that includes funding for israel. does that stance by hardliners put eight to both countries potentially at risk? >> yes. i think it does. i think i saw a statement coming out of the white house this afternoon that said they would not accept a standalone bill coming out of the house just for israel and they shouldn't, by the way, both israel and ukraine face the same. i'm sorry, both israel and ukraine face the same threat. they have a very aggressive nature paper who is attacking this democracy these respective democracies, and they need us support and us leadership is on the line. so i think we should support the funding. it should move quickly a

osten's predecessor as us secretary of defense, mark esper, is confident that the house of representativesaffairs and intelligence officials said some of their republican colleagues had contracted the russian virus. propaganda. we see direct attempts by russia to disguise anti-ukrainian and pro-russian narratives. we hear them even here in the house of representatives. today there are people among congressmen who make incorrect statements that this conflict between russia and ukraine occurred because of nato, which , of course, is not the case. this is extremely worrying. we are talking about very serious legislators and i know them. and it is true. for several years now we have seen intelligence reports saying that russia is trying to influence public opinion. discourse in america, is trying to influence our policy and admit that they are already influencing it with regard to financing ukraine. of course, moscow is not alone here, we see that beijing is doing the same thing, and this is a big problem. i think that such operations hit the achilles loop of our democracy. in general, of cour

. >> i don't get to see this very often, mark esper agrees with you.out donald trump. >> i think he's unfit for the presidency. what i look for in a candidate is somebody who puts the country first, somebody who has character and integrity, somebody that can unify the country and somebody that can lead. in my estimation donald trump doesn't check any of those boxes. so i'm going to continue to say that when asked, and i'm going to continue to let people know that as somebody that worked directly for him, not just as secretary of defense, but keep in mind i was secretary of the army for nearly two years. i don't think he's the right person for our country. i will not be supporting him, but otherwise, look, i think his record's out there at this point in time, voters either know -- if they don't know who he is, then they've been sleeping in a cave somewhere. >> what is the special obligation of former national security officials to tell people what they saw? >> it's the highest it's ever been because the consequences of us getting it wrong again are too

. >> mitt romney, susan collins, todd young, the senators, people like mark esper, figures from the trumpeed every oar in the water from liz cheney to aoc. that's the coalition to defeat trump and you have to have that center right flank with you. you don't have to roll them out now. it is april but you have to start lining these folks up and i can't understand for the life of me why joe biden of all people does not recognize that these folks need a personal touch, that you have to start laying the ground to get them out. not all of them are going to endorse biden. some never will but they will go after trump or they will at least stay quiet. it's important on biden if he does think this is a different sort of election that's not just left verses right but the democracy is at stake it's important on him to start reaching out to the folks now. >> so, i just want to go to donnie for a second on -- and then back to -- on this. donnie, it's just -- i understand that all hands on deck for the biden campaign. i do and -- jay makes a great point but can we sit with this on the day after easter f

and that jim mattis is not on that list and mark esper is not on that list.have been stronger if some of the high ranking military officials that saw this firsthand, where he would try to get them to do things that were not good for national security and not legal. he tried to get them to act politically. and i think everybody needs to take a breath here and realize, we're pretty proud of our democracy in america. i don't care if your for trump or for anybody else. i think most people are proud of america. what he is asking america to turn into it is those countries that we looked sideways and thought how could that happen. how could the military be protecting thugs and crooks in a corrupt government. how could the military be arresting innocent people and putting them in prison because they're a political opponent. that would never happen in america. that is what donald trump is asking for. he's asking for that ability. and andrew nailed it. i mean, for the military to be put in the position that either you follow your commander, or you don't and if you don'

his opinion was also supported by former pentagon chief mark esper.atiently in russia. we are waiting for the election of trump to resolve the ukrainian crisis in our favor; in this regard, biden hoped that congress would still approve the allocation of additional aid to kiev in the amount of 60 billion dollars will save the world from disaster. nice try, but biden’s ratings can no longer be saved, and his rival donald is doing great, he collected a record 50 million dollars in donations and paum beach beat biden, for the first time the spanish-language media spent 3 days with the president of the united states of america, were with him at two rallies as part of the election campaign and spent time with the president at the white house. we met in ruzvid's office in the white house for a direct and detailed conversation. what do you think represents the greatest a threat to freedom and security in your country. donald trump, seriously, donald trump uses phrases like, you're going to destroy the constitution, but on day one he will become a dictator. ar

former defense secretary mark esper was essentially fired by president trump, because he wouldn't usehe laws against a civilian protesters. president trump has said that he thought that general milley, in former timts, would be executed because he didn't just cozy up to everything that he wanted him to do when he was president. so, these are not hypotheticals. these are serious things that have occurred, and he would have even more license if he were ever to become president again. >> and mr. secretary, it was ant gotcha question. i wanted to get at how difficult it is to speak out, if you've served in the united states military. there is something engrained, right, in that kind of service to not to become part of our politics. if you can speak to those of you who did sign the brief find this moment? >> that is correct. some of us have been political appointees and are in civilian life, but by design, the military must be apolitical, even for those of us who are political appointees, we treat it as apolitical, because we need the support of american people, we need the support of sena

the house charging me mark esper repeatedly violating border security law. the story adding that they accused him for refusing to comply. instead unlawfully releasing migrants without establishing mechanisms. ray is in montana. republican line. you are on. caller: i will like to comment that the preamble to the constitution begins with we the people. we the people elect our people to do our wishes. that border has allowed thousands and thousands of people to come in here and we are being aided. the only difference between a world war ii invasion and now is that -- all these illegals, that is what it means. they break the law and the need to pay for that. it needs to go to trial. we live under constitutional law . the democrats and republicans can each put their points across. this is our government in action and we need to hear both sides of the story. i have been listening to all the accusations. but he is not doing his job. he is allowing people to come across that border. they get their orders from him. host: let's hear from janice in colorado. caller: i

mark is esper who plays my younger brother, frank, i haven't seen him in 10 years.ome of the things we discover in the house itself should not really be revealed here on this edition of morning joe. i think you have to come to the theater to witness it. it is a little bit of a -- i wouldn't really call it a sportier -- spoiler. i would rather people discover that in the dark of our theater. >> tell us about your character and what drew you. >> you can say me. i'm kidding. >> i play the middle child. i am very much the middle child, the peacekeeper. >> backstage, you mean? >> life does imitate art sometimes. i read it in 2019. i have been given a stack of all of the exciting new plays and that when really stood out. the writing was so funny and instantly surprising. it continue to surprise as i read it. >> michael, i'm not going to give up detail in the play, but it is a play, not to the extent that a play reveals what is revealed. in hundreds of times dad dies, you are going through his things and someone says did you know dad did this? >> unfortunately true. >> are

donald trump's former secretary of defense mark esper making it clear he will not vote for the formern't is there yet for biden. welcome back to "morning joe." it is monday, april 1st. april fools' day. katty kay, jonathan lemire, donny deutsch still with us. and joining the conversation, we have president of the national action network and host of msnbc policy nation reverend al sharpton. former msnbc host and contributory washington monthly chris matthews is with us. and senior author politico, jonathan martin. there was a message that read this, jill and i send our warmest wishes to christians around the world celebrating easter sunday. easter reminds us of the power of hope and the promise of christ's resurrection. as we gather with loved ones, we remember jesus' sacrifice. we bray for one another and cherish the blessing of the dawn of new possibilities. and with wars and conflict taking a toll on innocent lives around the world, we renew our commitment to work for peace, security and dignity, for all people. from our family to yours, happy easter, and may god bless you. beautifu

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