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Hello, and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host Ed McBride,

filling in for Jason Palmer. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Guinea-Bissau is close to both South America and Europe, which makes it a tempting way station

for drug smugglers. We look at how a flood of drug money has turned the small African country

into one of a new generation of narco states. And Silicon Valley has been trying to shed its

reputation for sexism. But it still shows a marked gender bias, not just in the people it

hires, but also in the products it sells.

First up, though.

President Trump's relationship with the military has had its ups and downs. He has hero

worship at the top brass. My generals are going to keep us so safe. They're going to have a lot of

problems the other side. And bestowed high office on serving and retired generals.

We are going to appoint Medogh Madis as our secretary of defense.

But he has also made abrupt decisions which have undermined those generals and the military more

broadly. James Madis left his post after Mr. Trump announced plans at the end of last year to

pull all troops out of Syria, leaving America's Kurdish allies exposed.

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