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The following is a transcript of an interview with Phillippe Lazzarini, UNRWA commissioner general, that aired on Nov. 26, 2023.MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to the Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Philippe Lazzarini. Welcome back to Face the Nation.COMMISSIONER GENERAL LAZZARINI: Good morning, Margaret. MARGARET BRENNAN: I understand you re joining us from Amman, Jordan this morning. Roughly 108 of your staff members in Gaza have been killed, according to your reports. That s the highest number of UN workers killed in the history of the United Nations. We are very sorry for your loss. I m wondering, given that you are sharing your location coordinates with both parties. Why is there still such a high death toll COMMISSIONER GENERAL LAZZARINI: Yes, Margaret, this is definitely devastating news and the United Nation never ever lost as many staff in such a short period in the conflict. But now it is also true, Margaret, that about 70 of our location, sheltering more than 1
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In the House, a bitter battle is under way after Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would prefer Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania to be majority leader over her current lieutenant, Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland. Critics accused Pelosi of backpedaling on a pledge to scrub the House of corruption. The Democrats, after all, ran against what they called Republicans culture of corruption this election cycle, CBS News Capitol Hill reporter Evelyn Thomas observes. Democrats also said they wanted to stop
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garrafa stanley on t know about. Murtha is a very big believer in earmarks for his district and brings home lots of pork, Thomas says. Murtha, a decorated Vietnam veteran who favors an immediate drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq, has also fought charges for years o
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