#340: New Report Shows Our Military Isn't Prepared for Conflict With China, Russia

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🗓️ 14 November 2018

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“The U.S. military could suffer unacceptably high casualties and loss of major capital assets in its next conflict. It might struggle to win, or perhaps lose, a war against China or Russia. The United States is particularly at risk of being overwhelmed should its military be forced to fight on two or more fronts simultaneously.” Those are the sobering words from a report released Wednesday by the bipartisan National Defense Strategy Commission. Air Force veteran and Heritage Foundation senior communications manager John Cooper joins us to discuss. Plus: Forget taking your kids to work--taking your parents to work is now what the cool kids are doing.We also cover these stories:--The Justice Department released a memo saying that the Matthew Whitaker appointment as attorney general is consistent with the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, and it cited an example from 1866 when an acting attorney general served without confirmation by the Senate.--Rep. Kevin McCarthy. R-Calif., will be the next GOP leader in the House after defeating Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, in a vote.--As election results continue to come in from some of the closest midterm races, Democrats are gaining. In fact, they’ve now picked up more House seats than they’ve ever picked up since Watergate.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, November 15th. I'm Kate Trinko.
0:09.6	And I'm Daniel Davis. Budget cuts have taken a serious toll on the military,
0:14.3	putting our servicemen and women at greater risk
0:16.7	in a war with China or Russia.
0:19.0	We'll sit down today with Air Force veteran John Cooper
0:22.1	to take a closer look at the state of our military.
0:25.0	Plus, take your parents to work day may not exactly be a thing,
0:29.0	but in light of a new trend it could be. We'll discuss.
0:32.0	But first, we'll cover a few of the top headlines.
0:35.0	The Justice Department is fighting
0:42.0	The Justice Department is fighting CNN's lawsuit over whether the White House can
0:46.4	ban CNN's Jim Acosta. In a filing, the Justice Department argued, per the hill, that, that quote no journalist has a First Amendment right to
0:56.2	enter the White House and the President and White House possessed the same
1:01.1	broad discretion to regulate access to the White House for
1:04.5	journalists and other members of the public that they possessed to select
1:08.8	which journalists receive interviews or which journalists they acknowledge at press conferences."
1:14.6	End quote.
1:15.6	Meanwhile Fox News has announced that they will be filing an amicus brief in favor of CNN. Well the Justice Department is rebuffing Democrats who have alleged that Matthew
1:26.8	Whitaker cannot legally serve as acting attorney general.
1:30.8	Whitaker was recently appointed by the president to temporarily replace outgoing
1:34.8	Attorney General Jeff Sessions. A number of Democrats have objected to that
1:38.7	saying Whitaker's ineligible because he's never been confirmed by the Senate for any job.
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