{"podcast":{"title":"Radio National Breakfast","slug":"radio-national-breakfast-572135","podcast_index_feed_id":572135,"rss_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/feeds/2890360/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/","image_url":"https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7e958630301265f8c03c1955242be8e5.jpg?src","author":"ABC Australia","episode_count":249,"summary":"Radio National Breakfast is Australia's only daily national radio current affairs program, synonymous with agenda-setting news coverage, breaking news and a place where you will hear the most significant stories impacting the lives of all Australians wherever they live. The full unedited daily program is available on our website at: abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T10:19:51.120438+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135"},"episode":{"title":"US expected to shrink troops available to NATO for wars and crises","slug":"us-expected-to-shrink-troops-available-to-nato-for-wars-and-crises","published_at":"2026-05-21T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135/us-expected-to-shrink-troops-available-to-nato-for-wars-and-crises","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135","url":"https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/us-nato-troops/106708834","audio_url":"https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/kp/Z/sl.mp3","summary":"The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of troops available to NATO for fighting wars and responding to major crises - known as the NATO force model. The announcement is expected to be made at a meeting of NATO defence policy chiefs in Brussels later today - according to the news agency Reuters. It comes after the Pentagon abruptly cancelled the deployment of 4,000 soldiers to Poland earlier this week - reportedly blindsiding officials in Warsaw. The Trump administration also ordered the withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany earlier this month. So what does it mean for the NATO alliance - and will the US eventually abandon it altogether? GUEST: Douglas Lute, former US ambassador to NATO from 2013-2017 PRODUCER: Pip Cook","meta_description":"The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of troops available to NATO for fighting wars and responding to major crises - known as the NATO fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":376,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/radio-national-breakfast-572135/episodes/us-expected-to-shrink-troops-available-to-nato-for-wars-and-crises/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/radio-national-breakfast-572135/us-expected-to-shrink-troops-available-to-nato-for-wars-and-crises.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}