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    Obama's National Security Brief Released Today

    President Obama has not issued a national security strategy since 2010. Supporters and critics have been eager to see a new one. Today, the White House released an update , and National Security Adviser Susan Rice went to the Brookings Institution to talk about it.

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    By Warren Olney • Feb 6, 2015 • 1 min read

    President Obama has not issued a national security strategy since 2010. Supporters and critics have been eager to see a new one. Today, the White House released an update, and National Security Adviser Susan Rice went to the Brookings Institution to talk about it.

    Shawn Brimley was Director of Strategic Planning during the first Obama Administration. He’s now Director of Studies and Executive Vice President at the Center for a New American Security.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Shawn Brimley

      Center for a New American Security

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Comeback of Psychedelics in Psychiatry
    1. 1:46Obama's National Security Brief Released TodayYou’re reading this
    2. 8:35A Psychedelic Revival in Modern Medicine
    3. 43:33Curfew Lifts and Baghdad Is Partying Again
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