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Media Highlights TV • August 5, 2026 

# Alex Nowrasteh’s blog post, “DOGE Produced the Largest Peacetime Workforce Cut on Record, but Spending Kept Rising,” is cited on MS NOW’s *The Beat* With Ari Melber 

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

Senior Vice President for Policy, Cato Institute

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