Hello and welcome to Background Briefing available 24-7 at Background Briefing.org. I'm me and Masters,

and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with Democratic lawmakers and officials,

heeding the call from the White House to circle the wagons in support of Joe Biden,

while the rest of the country appears to still have serious doubts and concerns,

as Biden's problems instead of the problem of Trump continue to dominate the headlines. Joining us is Bill Cher, the politics editor of the problem of Trump continue to dominate the headlines.

Joining us is Bill Cher, the politics editor of the Washington Monthly.

He is the host of the history podcast When America Worked,

and the co-host of the bipartisan online show and podcast, the DMZ.

We'll discuss his article at the Washington Monthly. I've defended Biden for years.

Now I'm asking him to withdraw. And another, how Kamala can win without mini-primary madness.

Then we'll examine day one of the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., celebrating the 75th year

of the alliance, now being tested by a war in Ukraine

and concerns among allies about Biden's staying power and fears of a return of Trump, who would

all but destroy NATO and reward his friend Putin. Joining us is James Golgai, professor in the

School of International Relations and the

former Dean of International Service at American University, a visiting scholar at the

Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, and a visiting

fellow at the Center of the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution.

He has held a number of public policy appointments, including director

for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian affairs on the National Security Council staff, and his books

include America Between the Wars from 119 to 9-11, Power and Purpose, US policy towards Russia

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