Rational Security: The "Irrational Security" Edition

Benjamin Wittes
Thursday, December 10, 2015, 11:39 AM

This week on the show, Susan Hennessey joins us again. Shane Harris talks about President Obama's effort to reassure the nation that ISIS is not winning. We discuss Donald Trump's different sort of plan to keep America safe—and whether Trump himself constitutes a threat to national security. Tamara Wittes reports that John Kerry is so over the Middle East peace process. And I propose what becomes the #muslimamericanfaces hashtag.

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This week on the show, Susan Hennessey joins us again. Shane Harris talks about President Obama's effort to reassure the nation that ISIS is not winning. We discuss Donald Trump's different sort of plan to keep America safe—and whether Trump himself constitutes a threat to national security. Tamara Wittes reports that John Kerry is so over the Middle East peace process. And I propose what becomes the #muslimamericanfaces hashtag.

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Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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