# PART III: Chris Backemeyer on 9/11's aftermath: his rise at the State Department; confronting Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas & Iran Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/omapod-7041383/part-iii-chris-backemeyer-on-9-11-s-aftermath-his-rise-at-the-state-department-confronting-al-qaeda-hezbollah-hamas-iran Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/omapod-7041383/part-iii-chris-backemeyer-on-9-11-s-aftermath-his-rise-at-the-state-department-confronting-al-qaeda-hezbollah-hamas-iran.md Podcast: [OMAPOD](https://stenobird.com/podcast/omapod-7041383) Published: 2026-04-10T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/part-iii-chris-backemeyer-on-9-11-s-aftermath-his-rise-at-the-state-department-confronting-al-qaeda-hezbollah-hamas-iran--71229911 Audio file: https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71229911/ca5e02f2b91d324ad63b72799554d43c.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/omapod-7041383/episodes/part-iii-chris-backemeyer-on-9-11-s-aftermath-his-rise-at-the-state-department-confronting-al-qaeda-hezbollah-hamas-iran Duration seconds: 1034 ## Resource Chris Backemeyer is a former U.S. State Department diplomat who has served on the White House National Security Council and as an advisor in the Executive Office of the Vice President with a focus on counterterrorism, economic policy and the Middle East - particularly Iran - and is running for the 1st District Congressional seat in Nebraska.To listen to the first part of this episode, click here , for the second, click here . For more information on his campaign, click here .ALSO…* ‘Smart, pragmatic reforms’: Nebraska education advocates explore alternatives to failed third-grade reading bill - from KETV* Omaha Police searching for 19-year-old with autism - from WOWT* North Omaha neighbors focus on cleaning up 24th Street to help change the community’s public image - from KMTV Get full access to OMAPOD at www.omapod.com/subscribe ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/omapod-7041383/episodes/part-iii-chris-backemeyer-on-9-11-s-aftermath-his-rise-at-the-state-department-confronting-al-qaeda-hezbollah-hamas-iran/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/omapod-7041383/part-iii-chris-backemeyer-on-9-11-s-aftermath-his-rise-at-the-state-department-confronting-al-qaeda-hezbollah-hamas-iran.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.