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Net Assessment: Smoking Bonesaw

December 13, 2018
Net Assessment: Smoking Bonesaw
Net Assessment: Smoking Bonesaw

Net Assessment: Smoking Bonesaw

Melanie Marlowe, Bryan McGrath, and Christopher Preble
December 13, 2018

In our last episode before the holidays, we take a look at the US-Saudi relationship. With President Trump standing by Mohammad bin Salman even as the CIA blames him for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, we discuss what weight human rights should have in foreign policy, whether Congress is reasserting its powers in national security matters, and what the United States should do with respect to Yemen. Bryan and Chris lament Navy’s loss in the Army-Navy game and Bryan shares a personal interaction between his mother and the late President George H.W. Bush. Finally, in their recap of the Reagan National Defense Forum, we find out what Melanie keeps in her enormous purse, and where Bryan ranks in her choice of dinner mates.

 

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