The "Stocking the Cabinet" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

Politics, Nationalsecurity, Government, Middleeast, News, Foreignpolicy

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🗓️ 10 December 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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President-elect Biden continues building his Cabinet, but his pick for defense secretary leaves some supporters cold. Administration officials drag their feet on the transition as Trump’s lawyers mount increasingly absurd and dangerous efforts to overturn the election. And the White House tries to rally support for a controversial weapons sale to the United Arab Emirates as the Gulf Arab states look ahead to a Biden administration that may be more skeptical of close ties.

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0:00.0	Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.
0:11.0	So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app.
0:29.0	If all of you out there listening could just have been here for the technical shenanigans that just went on, it would be highly... You mean the technical shit show that went on?
0:32.0	This was like teaching your grandparents how to use a laptop for the first time at Thanksgiving level
0:40.0	cluster.
0:41.0	And by which Susan means teaching her how to use a microphone.
0:45.0	To be clear, if Zachary were not here, none of us would be able to even turn on the computer probably by now.
0:49.0	But the important thing is for the first time and long time we can see each other.
0:55.2	So I know that as being an audio experience doesn't mean much
0:58.4	you're listening out there. It means a lot to us.
1:01.6	Who haven't seen each other at almost a year?
1:03.6	It's pretty nice.
1:08.6	Hello and welcome to Rational Security,
1:12.4	the Stocking the cabinet edition.
1:15.2	I'm shaped here.
1:16.2	Is that like stocking trout in a pond?
1:18.4	I think that's with an L.
1:20.2	Oh, you mean like, oh yes, it could be both factions.
1:22.4	No, you're not like following the trout around.
1:25.0	Isn't that how you catch fish?
1:27.0	Like you sneak up on the fish and like,
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