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We Can Only Hope, Sir

Published: Dec. 13, 2017, 7:55 p.m.

This week Susanna Blume joins to tell us how the sausage is made on Capitol Hill -\\xa0the defense budget, continuing resolutions, and other congressional\\xa0hijinks.\\xa0And Radha returns from\\xa0maternity leave!\\xa0Then we wade through the president\'s Jerusalem announcement and recent Brexit breakthroughs, before dissecting the new National Security Strategy. And of course we discuss Season 2 of "The Crown" - and our new gift guide!

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Episode Reading:

Susanna V. Blume and Lauren Fish, \\u201cA Brief History of Defense Budget Instability,\\u201d\\xa0CNAS
Susanna V. Blume and Lauren Fish, \\u201cCongress, cut the continuing resolutions so Defense can do its job,\\u201d\\xa0CNAS
Max Fisher, \\u201cThe Jerusalem Issue, Explained,\\u201d\\xa0New York Times
Ishaan Tharoor, \\u201cThe many casualties of Trump\\u2019s Jerusalem move,\\u201d\\xa0Washington Post
Tony Connelly, \\u201cBrexit and the Irish Border: How the deal was salvaged,\\u201d\\xa0RTE
BBC, \\u201cTheresa May says Brexit deal \\u2018good news\\u2019 for all voters,\\u201d\\xa0BBC
Alex Hunt and Brian Wheeler, \\u201cBrexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU,\\u201d\\xa0BBC
Kate Brannen, "Trump\'s National Security Strategy is Decidedly Non-Trumpian,"\\xa0The Atlantic
Salman Ahmed and Alexander Bick, \\u201cTrump\\u2019s National Security Strategy: A New Brand of Mercantilism?,\\u201d\\xa0Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Ilan Goldenberg, \\u201cThe Selfish Motive Behind Trump\\u2019s Jerusalem Decision,\\u201d\\xa0Slate
Kori Schake, \\u201cThe North Korea Debate Sounds Eerily Familiar,\\u201d\\xa0Atlantic
Mira Rapp-Hooper, \\u201cAmerica Is Not Going to Denuclearize North Korea,\\u201d\\xa0Atlantic