Mike Johnson’s National Security Agenda
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
You probably already know that Rep. Mike Johnson is the new Speaker of the House. What you may not know is that every single one of the issues on his plate is a national security issue, at least in the short term. Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds to talk it all through. They talked about Israel aid, Ukraine aid, Taiwan assistance, the border, FISA Section 702, government shutdowns, and more. It's a rollicking conversation through a crazy bunch of issues that are all on the front burner of the new Speaker's stove as he takes over a job for which he appears to be wholly unprepared.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains advertising. |
| 0:04.0 | To access an ad-free version of the Lawfair Podcast, |
| 0:08.0 | become a material supporter of Lawfair at Patreon.com slash Lawfair. That's Patreon.com |
| 0:16.4 | slash Lawfair. Also check out Lawfair's other podcast offerings, rational security, chatter, lawfare no bull, and the aftermath. |
| 0:30.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber. |
| 0:42.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating |
| 0:45.7 | everyone else's. |
| 0:48.7 | Trains, now on Uber. |
| 0:50.4 | T's and C's apply, check the Uber app. Turns out the next thing that happened was that Republicans deposed Kevin McCarthy and then nothing happened for three weeks. |
| 1:04.2 | So I'm saying this because again, |
| 1:06.9 | the closer we get to the end of the year, |
| 1:09.6 | the fewer opportunities there are |
| 1:15.0 | there are, additional aid for Ukraine, |
| 1:16.2 | and certainly the fewer opportunities |
| 1:17.6 | there are politically, |
| 1:19.1 | because there are, given the increasing |
| 1:21.1 | unpopularity of aid to Ukraine among Republicans in Congress, there are fewer sort of things |
| 1:27.1 | that you could try to attach it to that would build the kind of coalition necessary to get it across |
| 1:32.2 | the finish line. |
| 1:33.9 | I'm Benjamin Wittis and this is the Law Fair Podcast November 7th, |
| 1:38.7 | 2023. |
| 1:41.6 | We have a new speaker of the house and his name is Mike Johnson and you already |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Lawfare Institute, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Lawfare Institute and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.