361: Home & Away with Richard Haass & Mayor Paige Cognetti
Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt
Politicon
4.6 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
James and Al welcome Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Richard Haass to analyze the effects of the Iran war and Trump’s wider policy decisions, looking at the roles of Russia, the GCC, and China, the challenges of negotiating with Iran, and the consequences for our alliances, the global economy, and the region. Then, they are joined by Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti to discuss her current House race, making government accountable to the people, rising energy costs, declining affordability, and the power of infrastructure improvements to create jobs and grow our cities.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to politics world room with James Carvel and I'm Al Hunt. |
| 0:16.2 | This week, our guest, our former top State Department official and the President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of a critical book at this juncture, War of Necessities, War of Choice. |
| 0:30.0 | That is Richard Haas. |
| 0:31.9 | And also Scranton mayor and congressional candidate, Paige Cognetti. |
| 0:36.0 | Now, remember, we love taking your questions |
| 0:37.9 | and write to PoliticsWorRom at Gmail.com for next week's show |
| 0:41.7 | when I get to as many as we can, |
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| 1:08.0 | Show Notes. |
| 1:09.1 | We thank you for supporting these sponsors because it really |
| 1:11.9 | helps make this podcast happen. |
| 1:17.6 | Hey, James, big election day in Illinois this week, deep blue state where Democratic primaries |
| 1:27.1 | are critical. |
| 1:28.6 | The lieutenant governor, Juliana Stratton, won the primary to succeed. |
| 1:32.6 | Dick Durbin is retired. |
| 1:33.8 | It was a huge win for Governor J.B. Prisker, as he eyes, 28. |
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