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4.8 • 691 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week Bombshell is blessed by the return of Tamara Cofman Wittes to help everyone understand Iran’s possible motives in the strike on an Aramco facility and what Saudi Arabia might do next. And as a bonus she sticks around to dive into Israeli elections. Then Erin, Radha, and Loren take a deep, nerve-calming breath to dive into the current White House Mayhem: the ouster of John Bolton, the arrival of Robert O’Brien, and the whistleblower-Ukraine monstrosity. Also, Erin saw Moulin Rouge and you should too, if you can can can.

Links

Aramco Attacks

Stephen Kalin, "Saudi Arabia to Wait for Investigation Before Responding to Attacks: Minister," Reuters, September 21, 2019
Lara Seligman and Elias Groll, "In Muted Response to Iran Strikes, US to Send Reinforcements to Saudi Arabia," Foreign Policy, September 20, 2019
Suzanne Maloney, "Why Iran's Leadership Thinks Escalation Can Pay Off," Washington Post, September 18, 2019
Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes, and David D. Kirkpatrick, "To Find Clues in Saudi Oil Attacks, US Examines Missile and Drone Parts," New York Times, September 17, 2019

Israeli Elections

Jeremy Sharon, "Liberman Declines to Recommend Gantz or Netanyahu to Form Government," Jerusalem Post, September 23, 2019
Oren Libermann, "Why No One is Israel Seems Able to Win an Election," CNN, September 22, 2019
Aaron Heller, "Arab Lawmakers in Israel Endorse Gantz for Prime Minister," ABC News, September 22, 2019

New National Security Advisor

John Hudson and John Wagner, "Trump Realigns National Security Team with a Low-Profile Adviser," Washington Post, September 18, 2019
John Gans, "The Dangers of a Weak National Security Adviser," Politico, September 19, 2019

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Bombshell.
0:09.9	I'm Erin Simpson.
0:11.0	I'm Lauren DeYoung-Sholman.
0:12.6	And I'm Radha Aynbar.
0:14.6	And we are redistributed again.
0:17.3	I am back in Washington, D.C. for the weekend, sitting here with Lauren. Hi, Lauren.
0:22.9	Hi, her hair looks so amazing, guys. I mean, I'm just saying that maybe Beverly Hills is a great
0:28.4	place to get your hair done. Damn it. Just that play-I. And special shout out to the Fug Girls
0:33.3	who super recommended Christoph's salon to me. Wow. I followed their blog for years.
0:38.7	It came through.
0:39.8	They probably don't listen to this podcast, which is too bad.
0:42.7	But Beverly Hills, you can get your hair done there.
0:45.2	Yep.
0:45.7	Rada, how are you?
0:47.1	I'm good.
0:47.6	I'm quiet because I'm shoving cookie into my face.
0:50.3	Great.
0:51.3	What are we drinking, ladies?
0:53.2	Lauren, what do you have?
1:00.5	I am so excited about this is a Schoffer-Halford, Heffi-Visen, great food beer. It's really good.
1:04.3	It's like Kool-Aid with alcohol in it and beer.
1:09.7	Yeah, that I think is courtesy of Diana Weger. I definitely don't buy beer like that.
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