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 National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields and the halls of power, they bring you inside the Pentagon, State Department, and intelligence community to help you understand America's shifting role in the world, and how events in faraway places matter here at home. Additional episodes feature interviews with power players from the NatSec world -- current and former military officials, intelligence experts, diplomatic leaders, and more.


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  • Trump threatens a Venezuela escalation and Pentagon press walk out

    Trump threatens a Venezuela escalation and Pentagon press walk out
    Oct 16 2025

    The President said U.S. military strikes have “almost totally stopped” drug trafficking from Venezuela by sea. “Now we’ll stop it by land,” he said.

    Justice correspondent Ryan Lucas and Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman talk through the disputed legal rationale for the strikes and what we know about President Trump’s goals in Venezuela. And Tom joined virtually the entire Pentagon press corps in handing in his badge on Wednesday. He explains how he’ll cover the decisions made in that building from the outside.Email the show at sourcesandmethods@npr.org

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  • What's after 'phase one' of Trump's Gaza peace deal?

    What's after 'phase one' of Trump's Gaza peace deal?
    Oct 9 2025
    And the National Guard: coming to a city near you?

    After two brutal years of war, there is finally hope for a lasting peace in Gaza. Greg Myre in Tel Aviv explains why things start to get a lot more complicated after the initial ceasefire and return of hostages. And Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman breaks down when the president can legally federalize National Guard troops and how they operate on domestic deployments.

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  • Inside this week's massive meeting of military generals

    Inside this week's massive meeting of military generals
    Oct 2 2025
    And the president's take-it-or-leave-it Gaza peace plan.

    This episode, veterans' affairs correspondent Quil Lawrence breaks down Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth's meeting of top US military brass at Quantico this week. And international correspondent Aya Batrawy reacts to the unveiling of President Trump's peace plan for Gaza, as Israel's war that began nearly two years ago continues.

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