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The Playbook Podcast

New questions loom over lasting peace in Gaza

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

Politics, Government, Daily News, News

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

There is a growing sense of unease within the Trump administration over the ceasefire in Gaza, with new documents obtained by POLITICO revealing a White House beset with questions over how to move to the subsequent phases of the peace deal. The collection of documents paint a vivid picture of the myriad hurdles that could complicate — or even tank — the effort. Playbook’s Jack Blanchard and White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns unpack the reality that the documents display, which runs counter to the rhetoric that President Donald Trump deploys.

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0:00.0

Today on the Playbook podcast, how well is President Trump's peace plant in Gaza really going?

0:11.8

Dasher has got the goods.

0:13.6

The government shut down is winding down.

0:15.9

The Senate passed its funding bill last night.

0:18.0

And how do you lobby Donald Trump if you're a member of his government?

0:22.4

We have the most fun story you'll hear all day. Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard. And I'm Dasha Burns.

0:28.3

It is Tuesday, November 11th. Hello, Dasha. How you doing? Hello, happy Veterans Day.

0:33.9

Happy Veterans Day. Yes, indeed. We will hear from Donald Trump later this morning. He

0:38.2

will be making the traditional 11am speech and laying a wreath at he expects and all the

0:42.7

important things that happen on Veterans Day when people pause to remember members of the

0:47.3

United States military and all around the world for their service. But, Dasha, what I want to talk to

0:52.7

you about today is not war, but peace and how the

0:56.1

peace plan is going in Gaza, because we have published a story on Politico's website based on

1:02.0

leaked documents that you have seen. Just set the scene for us. Just tell us what these documents

1:07.6

are that you've got hold of and what they can tell us about how the piece in Gaza is actually going.

1:12.3

Yeah, so this is reporting with my colleagues, Holly Toosie, Felicia Schwartz, and Paul McClary.

1:17.8

We obtained some private documents that have been circulating among U.S. officials that really underscore a lack of a clear path forward in Gaza.

1:26.6

We obtained 67 slides broken down into six segments

1:30.5

that were presented last month during a two-day symposium for U.S. Central Command,

1:36.4

and members of this newly created civilian military coordination center, the CMCC,

1:41.4

which was established in southern Israel as part of the peace agreement

1:45.5

between Israel and Hamas. So these are essentially like the important people who have gone

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