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Hi, this is Gary in Fairwood, Washington.
I'm currently harvesting my pear tree for the first time.
I previously thought it was an apple tree.
This podcast was recorded on Thursday, September 18th at 12.33 p.m.
Things may have changed, but I'll still be trying to figure out what to do with all these pairs.
Okay, enjoy the show.
Hope you don't have a partridge in it.
Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
I'm Tamara Keith.
I cover the White House.
I'm Greg Myrie.
I cover national security.
And I'm Mara Eliason, senior national political correspondent.
Today on the show,
the U.S. military has launched two strikes on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean in recent days in what it says is an effort to prevent drugs from being smuggled into the U.S.
Greg, what is going on here?
Yeah,