Long Legs and Brains

Erin, Radha, and Loren make it back to the Show (where we never handle our own luggage), welcoming back all-star guest Kori Schake to talk NSC turnover, civil-military relations, and everything else that's radical in a tubular kind of way.  We break down Kim Jong-Un's super-secret trip to Beijing and note that when the Saudi Crown Prince showed up for his two week tour of America, not all welcomes were warm. Meanwhile, VA Secretary Shulkin is out (sometimes you win), the president's personal doctor is in (sometimes you lose); and DoD tries to square the circle on the transgender ban (sometimes it rains). We substitute basketball for pop-culture, with predictable consequences. Oh, and when you speak of us, speak well.    Loren DeJonge Schulman, "?" Washington Post Matthew Waxman, "," Lawfare Alex Ward, "," Vox Evan Osnos, "," New Yorker Dan De Luce, Robbie Gramer, "," Foreign Policy Dana Stuster, "?" Lawfare Ryan Hass, "," Brookings "," Al Jazeera Jeffrey Lewis, "," Foreign Policy Phillip Carter, "," Slate Leo Shane III, "," Military Times Philip Rucker, ",'" Washington Post