Pool report 6

Some highlights from the Oval Office event:

-POTUS said he plans to visit with "a lot of leaders from all over the world" in Cairo during his trip to the Middle East to discuss the future of Gaza.

-POTUS said Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado called him and dedicated the award to him. He said she told him, "I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserve it."

-POTUS said there will be "a lot" of layoffs due to the government shutdown, which he said was the fault of Democrats. He said the layoffs would target Democrats' priorities. "It'll be a lot and it will be Democrat oriented, because we figure, you know, they started this thing, so they should be Democrat oriented."

Thank you to pooler Haley Bull for pulling quotes.

Luke Broadwater

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