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Rhode of the new yorker and the investigative correspondent for National Public radio. I told david and dina, we were talking just before the session, that as a career diplomatic, Career Foreign Service officer when i hear the term deep state, and thats the title of our book today, when i hear that term, i think about some thuggish authoritarian regime, you know, turkey in its worst days, egypt under the dictators. I dont think of the United States of america. As we begin today, since david and dina are both really respected members of the American Press corps, i want to say how much we respect the press. The Aspen Security Forum would not work without journalism, nearly not all, but nearly all of our sessions are chaired by journalists. And i think of the citizen, one of the saving graces of the United States is the 1st amendment, the power of the press. I felt in government, as a state department spokesperson, that the press was doing its job to challenge me and challenge my colleagu
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