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Foreignpolicy.com, thanks so much for joining us. very prumuch appreciate it. it looks like jared kushner side stepped that question when asked by jonathan swan about his relationship withon mbs and whye continues it despite the fact that mbs has been pinpointed as the man that ordered the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. what do you make of his defense shall i say, even though it didnt really seem to be a defense, more of a non-answer? >> well, the trump administration is in a blit of tou...

Korea in this very short period of time turn into this global cyberwar, cyberespionage powerhouse it was a remarkable and very specific thing when it was announced that north korea would be sending somebody to the u.s. to talk to the trump administration. theyd be sending a high-ranking official to new york city to have dinner with mike pompeo. and it was announced the guy they would be sending is kim yong chol. the guy you see on the right side of your screen there. this was the headline of for...

Chef, 7,600 teams competing from all over the world. at code chef 2015 north korean teams came in first, second, and third place out of more than 7,000 teams competing worldwide. thats what kim yong chol built. so for people who follow this stuff closely, particularly national security and in foreign policy who have watched north korea not just for its nuclear program but have watched north korea in this very short period of time turn into this global cyberwar, cyberespionage powerhouse it was a...

Would be sending somebody to the u.s. to talk to the trump administration. theyd be sending a high-ranking official to new york city to have dinner with mike pompeo. and it was announced the guy they would be sending is kim yong chol. the guy you see on the right side of your screen there. this was the headline of foreignpolicy.com. "north korean-facing mike pompeo is master spy." "the north korean official meeting with secretary of state mike pompeo to salvage nuclear talks is a former spy chie...

Obstruction of justice, prosecutors will need to prove he not only tried to block the fbis investigation into mike flynn, but that he also knew that flynn had committed a crime, that flynn had lied to the fbi. and thats why the fbi was after him. and the white house just wont say, wont say one way or the other, which is remarkable. well, now at foreignpolicy.com, reporter murray waas has what may be a bombshell new report, which says, in fact, the president did know that mike flynn had lied to t...

>> these are very clearly defensive measures were taking in response to an increasingly worrying, concerning threat from north korea. china understands that threat. >> joining me now, former montana senator, max baucus, a democrat who served as u.s. ambassador to china under president obama. ambassador, thank you for joining me. lets get right into this threat of north korea and what is going on right now. foreignpolicy.com had a sobering read over the weekend that said, north korea is not testi...

Now some pickings from the political grapevine. the government kept spending money on items you might not consider so essential. the state department awarded the $5 million contract for crystal stem and bar ware. they told foreignpolicy.com said the times was not unusual. they are demanding the va explain its purchase of $562,000 in artwork at the end of fiscal year 2013. the va told us the art does not have anything to do with the end of the spending year and is part of a larger plan to improve...

Vietnam. use force to pressure the enemy to negotiate. but the enemy is fighting to win, not to play a negotiating game. the chance that our current efforts in syria will be enough to achieve even our objectives is small. eventually the contradictions in u.s. policy will emerge and the obama administration will face calls from people like john mccain for further escalation. they should resist them. and its possible that they will. the scholar, daniel dressner argues in his blog on foreignpolicy....

Fine print of military spending that goes on without anyone noticing. while everyone focuses on cuts to social programs in the sequester, theres a billion bucks getting dropped without a second look. its a great read. check it out at foreignpolicy.com. and the third awesomest thing on the internet today, bob costas quoting ludacris rapping about bob costas. >> kids, this is just the lyric, and im quoting it. id be rolling torpedos, get blunted with rastas and for a hefty fee im on your record ...

Fine print of military spending that goes on without anyone noticing. while everyone focuses on cuts to social programs in the sequester, theres a billion bucks getting dropped without a second look. its a great read. check it out at foreignpolicy.com. and the third awesomest thing on the internet today, bob costas quoting ludacris rapping about bob costas. >> kids, this is just the lyric, and im quoting it. id be rolling torpedos, get blunted with rastas and for a hefty fee im on your record li...