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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, December 27

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Daily News, News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

**CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this episode stated that, upon arrival in Iraq, President Trump received a standing ovation from military leaders. The president received a standing ovation from a large group of service members.** Amidst a partial government shutdown President Trump made a surprise trip to visit troops in Iraq. Meanwhile back in Washington Democrats and the White House are unable to come to an agreement over the president's demand for $5 billion for a border wall. This episode: political reporter Asma Khalid, Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell, national security editor Phil Ewing, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and Congressional correspondent Susan Davis. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0

Hey Tim.

0:03.0

Hey Scott.

0:04.0

So, I covered Congress.

0:05.9

You covered the White House, but before we both did that, we were both member station reporters.

0:11.4

Where we covered politics, I started at KQED.

0:14.0

I was at WOSU in Ohio, KPCC.

0:18.2

And I also worked at KQED and before that, I was at WITF in Pennsylvania, both places

0:22.9

I was covering the state house.

0:24.4

Okay, so all year we've talked a lot on the podcast about state politics.

0:30.7

And sometimes we would bring on reporters from local stations onto the podcast, but even

0:34.9

when we didn't, the very first thing that we at NPR do, every time there's something interesting

0:39.0

going on, the local level is checkout what the local member station is reporting on it.

0:44.0

And because of the way that the whole public radio network is set up, NPR is in communities

0:48.1

across the country at the local level in the city hall in the state capital.

0:52.8

Which is pretty cool if you think about it.

0:54.6

So, all of that is to say that if you were to go out and support your local public radio

0:59.6

station, which we really want you to do, then you're also, by extension, supporting the NPR

1:05.4

politics podcast and everything that we do.

1:07.8

But even aside from that, it's such a great thing to support because you are supporting

1:11.3

fact-based public service journalism that keeps you informed about the community that

1:16.0

you live in.

1:17.3

And you can do that, support the podcast, and support your local station all in one place.

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