How to pronounce “proximate”(noun) in English

And this is the reason-- well, it's the ultimate reason that we came to see him.But the proximate reason we came to see him was because of what the Daily Mail story said.And the reason he was in the Daily Mail was not simply because he had got a marvelous collection, but because he was

to you by a company I think that what has changed psychologically in the world is that uh many many people don't reallyexpect governments to provide these things for them at all they're looking for whatever the nearest most proximate power or authority is that can do it andso if you are a resident of a slum of Southern Lebanon that's Hezbollah it's not your government it's a political