Baltic Cable Cut, Trump's NATO Ambassador, Republican Voter Turnout

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

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European officials investigate whether severed Baltic internet cables were an act of Russian sabotage, raising fears about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure. President-elect Trump names Matthew Whitaker, a loyalist with no foreign policy experience, as U.S. ambassador to NATO. And, with historic voter turnout helping Donald Trump secure a sweeping victory, will Republicans shift their stance on policies that make voting easier?

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0:30.3	European investigators are asking how two cables were cut beneath the surface of the Baltic Sea.
0:35.7	A German official calls it sabotage affecting the type of cable that carries 90% of the
0:40.8	world's data traffic.
0:42.2	Who are the suspect?
0:43.1	I'm Stevenski, with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:48.6	The president-elect chose a loyalist as ambassador to NATO.
0:52.6	Matthew Whitaker has no foreign policy experience, but served in the first Trump administration.
0:57.9	You can be a brilliant expert on European security, but if you have no access to the president, it's not going to do that much for you.
1:04.7	So how could the ambassador and his boss approach the war in Ukraine?
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1:12.3	will the GOP start to rethink their stance on policies that make voting easier? Stay with us. We've got
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