Ben Sasse on Afghanistan and Reflections on September 11

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🗓️ 10 September 2021

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Sarah and Steve talk with Sen. Ben Sasse about the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan and what to do next. For a longer summary of the interview, check out an article on The Dispatch website. Plus, Steve talks with Peter Wehner who was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush on September 11, 2001. They share reflections on that day at the White House and the last 20 years. Show Notes: -“The Vanishing American Adult” by Ben Sasse -“Them” by Ben Sasse -Peter Wehner at The Atlantic -Peter Wehner at The New York Times -“The Death of Politics” by Peter Wehner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the dispatch podcast.
0:02.1	I'm your host Sarah Isger joined by Steve Hayes.
0:05.3	And this week we have a special episode for you.
0:09.0	First, we are talking to Republican Senator
0:11.4	from Nebraska Ben Sass about his views
0:15.3	on the future of Afghanistan,
0:17.0	the Biden administration's handling of it.
0:20.3	And in case you've never heard from Ben Sass before,
0:23.8	he's a thinker.
0:25.8	So I've got some questions,
0:27.0	some bigger picture questions for him as well at the end.
0:29.9	And then Steve will have a special conversation
0:33.3	with Peter Wainer.
0:35.0	He was a speech writer during the Reagan administration,
0:38.1	the HW Bush administration,
0:40.5	and the speech writer for George W. Bush on September 11th.
0:44.4	Steve is going to talk to him about what that day
0:46.9	was like inside the White House.
0:48.8	Let's dive right in, Senator.
1:04.7	We are the real to have you on this podcast.
1:07.9	Let's start with Afghanistan at this moment,
1:11.6	looking forward, not what they could have done differently,
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