This week Susanna Blume joins to tell us how the sausage is made on Capitol Hill - the defense budget, continuing resolutions, and other congressional hijinks. And Radha returns from maternity leave! Then we wade through the president's Jerusalem announcement and recent Brexit breakthroughs, before dissecting the new National Security Strategy. And of course we discuss Season 2 of "The Crown" - and our new gift guide!   Episode Reading: Susanna V. Blume and Lauren Fish, “,” CNAS Susanna V. Blume and Lauren Fish, “,” CNAS Max Fisher, “,” New York Times Ishaan Tharoor, “,” Washington Post Tony Connelly, “,” RTE BBC, “,” BBC Alex Hunt and Brian Wheeler, “,” BBC Kate Brannen, "," The Atlantic Salman Ahmed and Alexander Bick, “?,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Ilan Goldenberg, “,” Slate Kori Schake, “,” Atlantic Mira Rapp-Hooper, “,” Atlantic