Senate GOP Letter on Shutdown and National Security
Apropos of my exchange this morning with Jeremy Rabkin, Senate Republicans on Tuesday issued this letter asking President Obama to declare all national security workers to be "essential" and return them to work:
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Apropos of my exchange this morning with Jeremy Rabkin, Senate Republicans on Tuesday issued this letter asking President Obama to declare all national security workers to be "essential" and return them to work:
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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