Hey folks, well 2020 is already off to a historic start.

The targeted killing of Iranian general Kasim Soleimani, a terrorist mastermind considered

to be the country's second most important leader, has raised a host of questions.

Was it legal?

Was it wise?

What impact does it have on our national security?

And how do decisions with profound consequences get made at this White House?

Meanwhile Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton, a key Ukraine witness, says

he's prepared to testify in the Senate impeachment trial if he's subpoenaed.

I talk about all this and more with Anne Milgram and the Cafe Insider podcast.

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If you believe the reporting in the New York Times and elsewhere, military leaders gave

a menu of options to the president, as is often done, that constitutes a wide range.

And the reporting says the following, I don't know if it's true or not, but it's interesting

to note that military commanders weren't really favoring the idea of killing Soleimani,

but they decided to put that option on the list in part according to the reporting.

I keep emphasizing the reporting because I don't know and I want to be very careful about

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