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Political strategist Lucy Caldwell and reporter Ben Jacobs join Ron Steslow to look at the most important stories of the week:

(01:39) Biden’s speech, who’s to blame for the bungled Afghanistan withdrawal, and lessons learned after 20 years in the “graveyard of empires”

(24:45) Water scarcity and wildfires in the West underscore the reality of our climate crisis

(50:19) Millions of T-Mobile users’ data was stolen as the web Whack-A-Mole continues

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