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Media Highlights Radio • January 2, 2026 

# Alex Nowrasteh discusses his blog post, “DOGE Produced the Largest Peacetime Workforce Cut on Record, but Spending Kept Rising,” on Meidas Touch’s *Legal AF* podcast 

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##### [Alex Nowrasteh](/people/alex-nowrasteh)

Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute

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