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Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily podcast today is Monday January 24th, 2022.

I am John Puthhorts, the editor of Commentary Magazine with me is always executive editor

A Greenwald Hyade. Hi John. Senior writer Christine Rosen, Hykristine. Hi John.

And associate editor and a Rossment Hinoa. Hi John. If I am distracted as I think in speaking to

you it's because outside my window somebody is double parked in the person who is trapped in

is honking you know leaning on the horn for you know minutes at a time and it's very hard to get

your thoughts together. Isn't that exciting? Yes you're getting just a little glimpse of what

life is like when you were no longer in any kind of a studio where just you know we are now almost

two years into doing this just from our homes and and our homes in truth honest and sometimes

there are dogs barking sometimes there are cabinets being installed sometimes I don't know

a has a neighbor who brings the doorbell whatever happens this is maddening so I'm going to let

know I talk about Ukraine no I talk about Ukraine while I try to drive but I try to calm myself.

What a transition. So if you hadn't been paying attention to the news over the weekend

I guess you didn't miss too many dispiriting developments in so far as if you've been paying

attention to this story it's always dispiriting and getting worse by the minute. The buildup on

the borders of Ukraine has not abated it is tensions are getting ever more higher and over the weekend

the administration essentially let everybody know that you know what's what we think is going to

come is coming in so far as their compelling non-essential state department personnel to

evacuate the country. The state department briefing over the weekend discuss the you know the

the threat to American civilians in the country in the event the worst case scenario and the

state department said essentially well we have about 180 American civilians some 500 plus

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