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4.8 • 691 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week on "Bombshell," Kelly Magsamen joins us to talk about Sec Tillerson’s Asia visit, the upcoming Trump-Xi soiree, and North Korean chicanery. We also discuss splitting the check with NATO, attacks on civil servants, whether the Defense Department deserves a bonus (and how to spend it), and why we love Christine Fox. We also answer questions from the audience and reveal our favorite bourbon bars in DC.

Readings

"Did Rex Tillerson Misspeak?" by Laura Rosenerger
"The Rebalance is Dead! Long Live the Rebalance!" by Mira Rapp-Hooper, Harry Kreja, and Hannah Suh
"Rex Tillerson's approach to North Korea," by Jeff Lewis
"Healthcare + Iran Deal," by Ilan Goldenberg
"What's a NATO Ally Worth?" by Richard Fontaine
"Is NATO Obsolete? Trump Not Only One Asking," by Molly O'Toole
"Federal Staffers Panicked by Conservative Media Attacks," by Nahal Toosi and Andrew Restuccia
"Trump's Bigger Military Won't Necessarily Make US Stronger, Safer," by Todd Harrison
White House docs on DoD supplemental budget

Note: Please excuse some minor, intermittent cell phone interference in this episode. That's on us and it won't happen again!

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the special brunch edition of bombshell. I'm Lauren Shulman. I'm Rhada Ayengar.
0:18.7	And I'm Erin Simpson. And this week we are drinking
0:22.1	Champagne but quite fancy champagne
0:24.6	Well I don't know if it's fancy
0:25.7	But it's Schromsburg Blanc de Blancs
0:27.9	It sounds fancy
0:29.7	It's quite quite delicious
0:31.2	Well you can't drink bourbon for brunt
0:32.5	I mean you can but even I don't drink
0:34.2	Bourbon for brunch
0:35.2	But we have an assortment of goodies.
0:39.1	My little brother made us coffee cake because he's the best.
0:41.9	It's quite delicious.
0:43.1	We have fruit.
0:43.9	We have some really fancy cheese.
0:45.9	Really fancy.
0:46.8	I highly recommend the cheese market at Eastern Market if you want delicious cheeses.
0:50.3	And we're a bit up market this week because we have a special guest coming on later.
0:54.2	Kelly Maximin, the former principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asia Pacific Affairs.
1:00.2	Which is mouthful.
1:01.0	P-dazzy, APSA, and probably like seven other acronyms that I'm forgetting, who is both brilliant and delightful.
1:07.2	So we're excited to have her here this week.
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