Trump Administration Fires Top Pentagon Officials, Military Lawyers
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.5 • 24.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman.
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| 0:18.6 | Hi, my name is Rose in Farmington, Minnesota. |
| 0:21.9 | I'm recovering from an ACL tear that occurred while I was skiing. |
| 0:26.5 | This podcast was recorded at 12.33 p.m. on Monday, February 24th. |
| 0:31.7 | Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I'll still be waiting impatiently to get back to walking and driving. |
| 0:38.5 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:43.9 | I am entirely serious when I say, this is why I don't ski. |
| 0:47.3 | After a certain age, you're just begging for an ACL tear. |
| 0:50.0 | I just got back from skiing in Montana. |
| 0:52.1 | It was awesome. |
| 0:53.1 | You risk taker you. That's right. I have to tell you, I was walking in from skiing in Montana. It was awesome. You risk taker you. |
| 0:54.2 | That's right. |
| 0:54.9 | I have to tell you, I was walking in from the parking lot today and felt a little twinge in my heel. |
| 1:01.2 | And I was like, this better not be some ACL thing. |
| 1:04.2 | I'm over 40. |
| 1:05.4 | Well, we wish you a speedy, speedy recovery. |
| 1:08.6 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 1:10.6 | I'm Susan Davis. I cover |
| 1:11.5 | politics. I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. I'm Tom |
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