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Podcast: In the Room with Peter Bergen
Episode: The Right-Wing Plan for Trump to Root Out the “Deep State Department”
Description: You may have heard some ruckus about Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s 887-page plan to overhaul the federal government, fire thousands of career bureaucrats and bring in loyalists if Trump wins a second term. But what would this look like in practice? You’ll hear from the author of one chapter of the plan who says curing what ails the US State Department should start with replacing many of its diplomats. And you’ll hear why a couple of veteran US diplomats believe doing so will threaten national security.Go to audible.com/news where you'll find Peter Be...