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On this episode of Stay Tuned, Preet speaks with David Ignatius, Prize-winning journalist and columnist for the Washington Post. Plus, Preet answers your questions about: - The difference between evidence and proof
- Reports that Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s team does not want him to publicly testify
- Whether Congress has the duty to impeach—not just the power
- Pardons, commutations, and exonerations
- Why Preet shaved his beard
REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&A Prospects of Mueller Testifying: - “Special counsel's team hesitant about Mueller testifying publicly, part of hold up securing testimony,” CNN, 5/21/19
Trump & Impeachment: - Preet’s tweet on impeachment, and his second one about 1990s timidity
- “Nancy Pelosi, Trying to Walk a Middle Path, Accuses Trump of a ‘Cover-Up’,” The New York Times, 5/22/19
Clemency:
THE INTERVIEW Trump & Jared Kushner: - “Trump’s Secretary of Everything: Jared Kushner,” CNN, 4/3/17
- “Jared Kushner did what?,” The Washington Post, 12/10/18
Mike Pompeo
Past Presidents & Their National Security Advisors: - “National Security Pick: From a Marine to a Mediator,” The New York Times, 11/28/08
- “In Miller Center Interview, Carter Recalls Relationship with Zbigniew Brzezinski,” UVAToday, 5/30/17
- “Presidents and the National Security Council,” Council on Foreign Relations, 11/12/08
Diplomacy:
Alliances & Agreements:
Trump’s Dictatorial Flattery: - “Nine Notorious Dictators, Nine Shout-Outs From Donald Trump,” The Atlantic, 3/4/18
- “Opinion: A President In Praise Of Strongmen And Dictators,” National Public Radio, 10/20/18
Trump Isolationism: - “The Loneliest President,” Politico, 9/15/17
- “Going it alone: Trump increasingly relies on unilateral action to wield power,” The Washington Post, 6/11/18
Huawei: - “Trump loves walls. But he should be careful about a digital barrier with China,” The Washington Post, 5/21/19
- “As Huawei Loses Google, the U.S.-China Tech Cold War Gets Its Iron Curtain,” The New York Times, 5/20/19
- “5G is at the center of America’s beef with Huawei – here’s why it’s such a big deal,” CNBC, 5/22/19
US-Iran Standoff: - “America and Iran are both oddly eager for war,” The Washington Post, 5/16/19
- “Why the U.S.-Iran Conflict Is Now Coming to a Head,” The Washington Post, 5/22/19
- “Iran’s economy slumps as US sanctions pile on the pain,” Financial Times, 4/29/19
- “Threats would mean ‘official end’ of Iran, Trump warns in tweet,” The Washington Post, 5/19/19
- “Trump: I 'temper' Bolton's hawkish instincts,” Politico, 5/9/19
IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp):
2015 Iran Nuclear Agreement:
Iraq: - “How We Tried to Slow the Rush to War in Iraq,” Politico, 3/13/19
Avengers:
THE BUTTON - “Morehouse College Graduates’ Student Loans to Be Paid Off by Billionaire,” The New York Times, 5/19/19
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