Behind the Curtain: Rattled U.S. Government Fears Wars Could Spread - #233

Never before have we talked to so many top government officials who, in private, are so worried about so many ⁠overseas conflicts⁠ at once.

Why it matters: We don't like to sound dire. But to sound a siren of clinical, clear-eyed realism: U.S. officials say this confluence of crises poses ⁠epic concern and historic danger⁠.

Behind the scenes: Officials tell us that inside the White House, this was the heaviest, most chilling week since President Biden took office just over 1,000 days ago.

• Former Defense Secretary ⁠Bob Gates⁠ — who ran the Pentagon under presidents of both parties, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — tells us America is facing the most crises since World War II ended 78 years ago.
• He explains the White House's system overload like this: "There's this gigantic funnel that sits over the table in the Situation Room. And all the problems in the world end up coming through that funnel to the same eight or 10 people. There's a limit to the bandwidth those eight or 10 people can have."

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