In the RAW: Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) is the ranking member, or top Republican, on the Senate Armed Services Committee, which gives him a seat on the Senate Intelligence Committee (ex officio, technically).

Please do let us know what you think of Wicker’s exchange with Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo. We’ve left this post raw on purpose; intrigued with your takeaways from it, especially when compared with our exclusive with Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed, also an ex officio member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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