Episode Description
Jim Talent joins to cover week three of the Iran campaign and the SAVE Act hitting the Senate floor. On Iran: bunker busters hit coastal missile sites, protests erupt across Tehran, and the Kharg Island strike looks like checkmate. On the Senate: the SAVE Act clears 51-48, Thune fills the amendment tree, and the filibuster math still doesn't work. Plus, Leon Panetta gets a reality check and Patty Murray argues for student IDs.
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- (00:00) - Part I
- (00:55) - Iran war week three update
- (03:08) - CENTCOM strikes coastal missile sites
- (06:31) - Talent: Iran is the enemy
- (11:18) - Kharg Island as the checkmate
- (18:30) - Strait of Hormuz strategy
- (28:29) - Panetta's CNN take debunked
- (35:37) - Part II
- (36:01) - SAVE Act hits the Senate floor
- (44:25) - Filibuster math and Thune's plan
- (54:13) - Murray's student ID argument