It's the Brian Marischow on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. New Jersey Congresswoman

Mikey Sherrill is here for kind of a double duty segment. As a Navy veteran and member of the House Armed Services

Committee will get her take on the leaked war plans that accidentally got sent to a journalist

and the larger questions they suggest around Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth in particular

and others in the Trump administration. Also on threats to social security, the Congresswoman sees coming from

Trump and Elon Musk and the Republican Congress, Cheryl supported the bill that recently got

passed that restores Social Security benefits to some retired federal workers, including what

she says is 23,000 in New Jersey. But as much as for her role in Congress, Mikey Sherrill is here

as a candidate. We're inviting all the major candidates, as many of you know, in the primaries for

mayor of New York and governor of New Jersey to come on this show and answer my questions and

yours. In the governor's race, we have so far had Democrat Steve Fullop and

Republican John Bramick. So Mikey Sherrill is here also as a Democratic primary candidate for governor.

So here we go. Congresswoman, always good of you to come on. Welcome back to WNYC.

Well, thank you for having me. And listeners, it is my questions and yours in these candidate interviews,

although we're going to talk about Cheryl and her role as a member of Congress first

and then go to explicit candidate questions.

But you can call now and get ready to ask the Congresswoman a question

as you consider your choices in the primaries, or ask about something in

Congress, 212, 433, WNYC, call or text, 212, 433-9692.

Let's start on the news with your member of Congress hat on.

Is that leak a big deal?

I was listening to a conservative talk station yesterday,

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