Face the Nation on the Radio 12/23
Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan
CBS News
3.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2018
⏱️ 51 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Survivor's back and so is on fire the only official Survivor Podcast and we have a |
| 0:04.5 | twist a new co-host the winner of Survivor 45 Dvayodorus |
| 0:08.1 | Hi listen to on-fire the official Survivor Podcast wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:16.2 | It's Sunday December 23rd. I'm Margaret Brennan and this is face the nation. This may have been the most chaotic week of what's undoubtedly the most chaotic |
| 0:30.7 | presidency ever in the history of the United States. |
| 0:34.6 | That observation came from the Senate Democratic leader, but last week several stunning decisions |
| 0:39.8 | made by President Trump shocked even his closest advisors, Republicans, and U.S. allies. |
| 0:45.4 | Walls work, whether we like it or not, they work better than anything. |
| 0:49.7 | The President's demand for $5 billion in border wall funding blew up an agreement to keep |
| 0:55.0 | key parts of the government running. Instead, it's a Christmas shutdown that could last |
| 1:00.1 | well into the new year. |
| 1:01.7 | We're totally prepared for a very long shutdown. Plus the |
| 1:04.7 | snap decision that sent shock waves around the world as the president |
| 1:09.4 | ignored the advice of his cabinet, military leaders and some of his closest allies on Capitol Hill |
| 1:14.9 | and announced by Twitter that he's pulling US troops out of Syria and making plans |
| 1:20.2 | to cut our forces in Afghanistan in half. |
| 1:23.2 | We have won against ISIS. |
| 1:25.7 | We've beaten them and we've beaten them badly. |
| 1:28.4 | But ISIS hasn't been beaten and the move will impact international efforts in the war on terror. |
| 1:34.0 | Retired General James Mattis became the first defense secretary to resign in protest of a |
| 1:39.6 | commander-in-chief's decision. |
| 1:41.6 | Plus Brett McGurk, the U.S. diplomat coordinating the fight |
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