Rob Stein

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556 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 11 Sep

Rob Stein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The NPR Politics Podcast · The legacy of 9/11 · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

And it hasn't in any of these cases. matched

And so we're seeing again with the war in Iran, some real similarities to these earlier wars where on day one, the Iranian leadership is knocked out and yet six months on, we don't know where this is going, how it's going to end. matched

Again, hard to believe this would last for another 20 years. matched

But we certainly didn't think those other wars would be as long and as messy and as complicated. matched

And yet here we are again after 25 years and still unable to figure out if we want to use this power and how we want these conflicts to matched

The NPR Politics Podcast · Trump's oil "deal" and gunboat diplomacy | Sources & Methods · 4 Sep 2026 podcast

We certainly see President Trump being more active in in Latin America than any other president in in recent years. matched

We'll have to see how much pushback we find from countries in the region in the years to come. matched

Yeah, we feel like we've seen this before, whether it's uh uh if y going into oil fields or or other uh commodities that the US wanted. matched

And just dominating politically, really dictating policy. matched

And and I would even throw to John in terms of, you know, w uh are the Venezuelans seeing any benefits since Maduro was ousted? matched

You know, the US already started taking some oil. matched

Have any of those benefits matched

uh do they seem to be flowing to Venezuela so far? matched

Yeah, uh last week there were a couple more of these strikes. matched

They've been going on for uh exactly a year now. matched

They began in sep early September of twenty twenty five. matched

And to mark that one year anniversary, uh a couple of US officials spoke to reporters on background here in Washington this week and they gave a very upbeat assessment in their view, saying that this has worked well. matched

In fact they say the effects have been quote matched

spectacular and and gave every indication that these will continue. matched

They say the U.S. matched

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