What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.

Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?

Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.

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Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chief. This is FP Live.

Is the United States facing a constitutional crisis?

This is a question that gets asked a lot these days.

Well, I have a related question.

Is the Constitution a living, evolving document? Or is it set in stone? My guest this week

makes the case for a dynamic constitution, but says political polarization has all but killed the

chance for amendments. That is coming up, but first, here's one thing.

The U.S. federal government shut down on Wednesday for the first time in seven years.

This is going to have a range of domestic ripple effects, and a lot of analysts have covered that,

so I'm more focused on the geopolitical impacts.

First off, there is the staffing issue. The Pentagon is suspending more than 300,000 employees. The State Department is furlowing more than 10,000

staffers, and more than 2 million active duty military staff will work without pay until the shutdown ends. Some of these staff

may never come back. President Trump has called it an unprecedented opportunity to make deep cuts.

Second, there's the question of whether another country or a non-state actor will take advantage

of this moment. Amid all the confusion of the shutdown,

is America prepared for a cyber attack, for other kinds of threats, for possible defections

...