Episode Notes:

On this episode of The Insider, Nick sat down with three authors: John Childress, an active-duty U.S. Army Colonel currently assigned as the House Affairs Director on the staff of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs; Dr. Dave Richardson, an active-duty U.S. Navy Captain currently assigned as the chair of the Political Science Department at the U.S. Naval Academy; and Dr. Heidi Urben, a professor of the practice and director of external education and outreach in the security studies program at Georgetown University and a retired U.S. Army Colonel. The three guests discussed the piece, “It's Time to Revise Guidance on Political Activities for Members of the U.S. Military,” which was published on July 6.

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