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The Little Sanctions Office That Could

America’s use of sanctions has grown by almost 1,000% since 9/11. So why isn’t Congress giving the office in charge of them more resources? Today on the Big Take DC podcast, host Saleha Mohsin talks to John Smith, a former director of the US Office of Foreign Assets Control, and Bloomberg National Security editor Nick Wadhams about OFAC’s scrappy operation and why lawmakers aren’t giving it more to work with. Get this episode and Big Take DC episodes a day earlier by subscribing to Big Take DC.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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