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This week on Bombshell, we say nothing about Jim Comey! We recorded\xa0Monday\xa0and who could have guessed we'd be here today? Instead, we discuss recent casualties in Afghanistan and Somalia, check in on Venezuela and the French elections, and talk about the many ways one does and does not talk to friendly dictators. We also do our part to keep Costco margaritas in business. And then, in honor of Mother\u2019s Day, we talk to our moms. You should too (your moms, not ours).

Episode Reading:

• "Elite troops are being worked too hard and spread too thin, military commander warns," Vera Bergengruen, The Miami Herald\xa0
• "Navy SEAL Who Died in Somalia Was Alongside, Not Behind, Local Forces," Helene Cooper,\xa0The New York Times
• Revolutions Podcast, by Mike Duncan
• "Facebook purges thousands of fake profiles ahead of UK election," Nick Summers, Endgadget\xa0
• "Trump\u2019s praise for authoritarians vs. his platitudes for allies," Aaron Blake,\xa0The Washington Post
• "Venezuela\u2019s leader wants to replace the National Assembly with one beholden to him," Francisco Toro,\xa0WaPo
• "M\xe9rida Escalates," Francisco Toro,\xa0Caracas Chronicles
• "Tillerson calls for balancing US security interests, values," by Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee,\xa0AP\xa0
• "Tillerson Seeking 9% Cut to U.S. State Department Workforce, Sources Say," Nick Wadhams,\xa0Bloomberg
• "The End of Hypocrisy," Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore,\xa0Foreign Affairs
• "This State Department Employee Survey Is Straight Out Of 'Office Space,'" John Hudson,\xa0Buzzfeed
• "Sci-Fi Writer William Gibson Reimagines the World After the 2016 Election," Alexandra Alter,\xa0The New York Times

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Events:

• YPFP,\xa0Conquering the Foreign Policy Establishment\xa0(16 May)
• CSIS,\xa0Command Climate: The State of U.S. Civil-Military Relations\xa0(23 May)
• CNAS,\xa0Annual Conference\xa0(28 June)

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