Steve Yates

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1,090 appearances 8 recordings 3 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 12 Sep

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of 90 million people who are not really represented by any of those institutions.

And we have to make sure we have some visibility and maybe connectivity with that element of power in Iran, too.

Yeah, well, I did meet with the National Security Advisor here in South Korea, and I tried to keep in touch with similar level people in Japan.

These are very important economies to us, involved in very critical industries for us.

And they are reasonably reliable allies when all things considered in what we are doing in the world.

They have obvious concerns about energy flows.

All of these economies are

are overly dependent on imports from the Middle East.

We have options in the not too distant future.

If they say buy American, Alaska is an awesome opportunity with some investment on their part.

And so there are some things there, but in the near term,

Energy, energy, energy.

And the other part they are sensitive to is the strategic flexibility of our forces.

When we move things to surge in one part of the world, where they came from, those allies become concerned.

North Korea popped off two short-range ballistic missiles while I was here.

It was a nice welcome they gave me.

But nothing super strategic.

But they're still on alert about what could be done here while we are preoccupied in the Middle East.

China, I think it's a mixed bag.

The summit supposedly is still on.

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