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🗓️ 18 June 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hello from Austin and welcome to episode 125 of the National Security Law podcast. |
0:15.0 | It's Tuesday morning, June 18th. |
0:17.5 | 2019. |
0:18.5 | I'm Bobby Chesdman. |
0:19.5 | I'm Steve Vladik. |
0:20.5 | It is day 169 without a Senate-confirmed |
0:23.4 | Secretary of Defense, and that's not changing any time soon. It's not getting any closer, |
0:27.6 | is it, my friend? As we sat down to record this podcast, President Trump, you know, who clearly |
0:33.3 | likes breaking news, right? Yeah. So President Trump tweeted that acting secretary defense, Pat Shanahan, is withdrawing from |
0:40.6 | consideration. |
0:41.4 | I actually don't even think his name was ever formally sent to the Hill. |
0:44.5 | Well, there was some question about that. |
0:45.8 | I think he himself announced that it was, but then there were people kind of talking to |
0:51.4 | journalists about how, well, we've not received it. |
0:54.4 | Something weird. A couple of weeks ago hit the skids right there and now withdrawn. |
0:59.3 | Yep. |
0:59.7 | Incredible. |
1:00.6 | For, you know, for that old chestnut to spend more time with his family. |
1:03.6 | Okay, so wait. |
1:04.2 | So is he going to also cease to be performing the role of the acting? |
1:07.9 | Is he leaving the Pentagon altogether? |
1:09.2 | That's a good question. |
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