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This is Deep State Radio, coming to you direct from our super secret studio in the third sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark in Washington, D.C.,

and from other undisclosed locations across America and around the world.

Hello and welcome to DSR's Words Matter. I'm David Rothkopf, your host, joined this week as every week by my partner

in crime here, Norm Ornstein. How are you doing Norm? About as well as could be expected, David,

which is my answer every time we meet. Every single week for like 25 years now. And we are joined also

by our friend, one of the people we really admire most in the United States Congress,

Representative Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee,

and frankly, if I may offer a personal opinion, one of the smartest and most thoughtful members of Congress I've ever met.

Welcome, Adam.

Thank you. Thank you to have me on. It's very kind of you to say, David. I appreciate that and always enjoy our conversations. I always learn a lot from them as well. So thank you. Well,

it's a two-way street. And I'm going to start with a hard question and then Norm can ask you

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