Friday, August 1, 2025

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Ben and Guy discuss the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the shifting attitudes of the Trump administration toward it, and they break down the Defense Department’s new policy on working with top Washington think tanks.

Then, retired Air Force Gen. David Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, joins the show to talk about the future of American air power, whether the Pentagon is focused too heavily on drones, and why the Space Force needs a bigger budget.

Plus, the “Threat of the Week.” 

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