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    <title>Beg to Differ with Mona Charen - Episodes Tagged with “Afghanistan”</title>
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    <description>Beg to Differ is a weekly roundtable podcast brought to you by TheBulwark.com. Host Mona Charen is joined by Linda Chavez of the Niskanen Center, Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution, and Damon Linker of The Week to discuss the news of the week in a respectful, rational forum.
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    <itunes:subtitle>Mona Charen hosts a roundtable with Linda Chavez, Bill Galston, and Damon Linker discussing the news of the week.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>The Democrats’ Sinking Poll Numbers</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Highlights/Lowlights:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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<p><em>Highlights/Lowlights:</em></p>

<p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/alden-global-capital-killing-americas-newspapers/620171/</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Eric Edelman helps unpack China’s new missile, Democrats’ decline, and McAuliffe’s tone deafness.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-america-come-to-taiwan-defense-china-xi-navy-11634053378</a></p><p>Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, Eric Edelman, and Linda Chavez.</p>]]>
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  <title>Afghanistan: Not a mistake?</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>David Frum joins to shed light on the Afghanistan withdrawal and Congress's budget fandango.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;David Frum joins to shed light on the Afghanistan withdrawal and Congress's budget fandango. Special Guests: Bill Galston, Damon Linker, David Frum, and Linda Chavez.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Don’t Pack the Court</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>AEI’s Norm Ornstein joins to discuss police violence, court packing, and Afghanistan.</itunes:subtitle>
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