Jailing Manafort & the Iran Standoff (with Ben Rhodes)

On today’s episode of Stay Tuned, Preet answers your questions about Kellyanne Conway and the consequences of violating the Hatch Act and Paul Manafort’s scuttled transfer to Rikers Island jail.
Ben Rhodes, former Deputy National Security Adviser and speechwriter to President Obama joins Preet for a wide-ranging conversation about the craft of oratory and the foreign policy challenges facing the U.S., including the Iran nuclear threat.


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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
THE Q&A
KELLYANNE CONWAY
The Office of Special Counsel’s (OSC) report detailing Kellyanne Conway’s alleged violations of the Hatch Act“What Is the Hatch Act? Explaining Why Trump Was Urged to Fire Kellyanne Conway,” Washington Post, 6/13/19

PAUL MANAFORT
“Paul Manafort Seemed Headed to Rikers. Then the Justice Department Intervened.,” New York Times, 6/17/19

THE INTERVIEW
BEN RHODES
Book: The World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House, Penguin Random House

PRESIDENT OBAMA
SPEECHES
Reverend Clementa Pinckney Funeral Service, C-SPAN, 6/26/15 (plus a clip of Obama singing Amazing Grace) “Senator Barack Obama 2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Speech,” C-SPAN, 7/27/04“Obama New Hampshire Election,” C-SPAN, 1/8/08

SYRIA
“Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on Syria,” The White House, 9/10/13“Obama Seeks Approval by Congress for Strike in Syria,” New York Times, 8/31/13“Inside the White House During the Syrian 'Red Line' Crisis,” The Atlantic, 6/3/18

FOREIGN POLICY
“The Obama Doctrine,” The Atlantic, April 2016“In Obama’s Speeches, a Shifting Tone on Terror,” New York Times, 5/31/14

“BIRTHERISM”
“In Flag City USA, False Obama Rumors Are Flying,” Washington Post, 6/30/08“President Obama's Long Form Birth Certificate,” The White House, 4/27/11“What Donald Trump has said through the years about where President Obama was born,” Los Angeles Times, 9/16/16

RUSSIA
“U.S.–Russia Relations in the Second Obama Administration,” Brookings, 12/31/12“How the U.S.-Russian Relationship Went Bad,” The Atlantic, April 2019“Flashback: Obama’s debate zinger on Romney’s ‘1980s’ foreign policy (video),” Washington Post, 3/20/14

PRESIDENT TRUMP
“Remarks by President Trump on the 75th Commemoration of D-Day,” White House, 6/6/19“Trump Delivered a Strong D-Day Speech—But It Clashed With His Personal Story,” The Atlantic, 6/6/19

IRAN
“Why Tanker Blasts in the Gulf of Oman Have Put the World on Edge,” New York Times, 6/14/19“Trump Adds Troops After Iran Says It Will Breach Nuclear Deal,” New York Times, 6/17/19“Iran Nuclear Agreement, Council on Foreign Relations“Full text of the Iran nuclear deal,” Washington Post

STAY TUNED
Lieutenant Governor Cyrus Habib’s episode on Stay Tuned