Podcast appearances and mentions of Robert Gates

Eric Johnson & Chris Mazza of Shippeo talk about visibility, how big challenges in 2024 impacted the market, & overcoming data quality challenges.   IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:   [06.06] A closer look at two key upcoming conferences: TPM 25 – listen out for a special discount! – and Journal of Commerce's Breakbulk and Project Cargo. [08.19] From an Uber Freight product launch to how technology is enabling companies to pursue smaller incidents of overbilling in freight payments, Eric dives into the big supply chain news of the week. “They announced a product… which you might think looks like a product from Convoy, a company that's now out of business, released a few years ago. And you'd be right.” [14.12] An introduction to Chris Mazza, his career journey, and an overview of Shippeo. “All of a sudden this thing called the internet happened (!), and it began to change the things ocean carriers did internally and how they began to view their customers externally.” [17.51] From the Baltimore Bridge collapse to ongoing port strikes, the biggest challenges of 2024, and how they impacted the visibility market. “At TPM last year you had Robert Gates speaking. And when you have somebody who's basically a geopolitical and defence specialist speaking at what is arguably a transportation and supply chain conference, you know you probably have a problem.” “People are realizing that the first requirement to resiliency in their supply chain is visibility. And, for the vast majority, they do that in an older, more outdated way. They may still be relying on systems or methodologies that were developed in the 90s or 2000s.” [22.07] A closer look at visibility in the ocean and over-the-road markets, the different levels of demand and maturity, and the increasing focus on boosting ocean visibility. “We've seen an enormous jump in the quality of the data, but at the same time, we've seen a huge degradation in the underlying service. The on-time performance, the scheduling integrity – it's not good.” [31.54] A listener question: Should we consider contingency planning as part of the visibility function? [35.55] Carrier APIs – their role in accessing the best data and the challenge of navigating multiple layers of business relationships. “APIs don't clean data. But what they do, ideally, is provide you with easier access. The question in the market is: Are you going to get the best access to the best data via API, EDI or some other methodology?” [40.04] How visibility can be used to prevent missing shipments. [44.13] What Shippeo customers want when it comes to accessing, understanding, analyzing, and reporting their data. [47.02] Chris's favorite musician and why. [49.18] Eric's Dad joke of the week!   RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED:   Explore more industry news over on Journal of Commerce, and connect with Eric on LinkedIn. If you enjoyed the show, there are lots more episodes of Logtech Live With Eric Johnson to explore. You can also hear Eric on episode 238, episode 300 and episode 420.

Summary Robert Gates (Website; Website) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to reflect on the 75th Anniversary of the CIA. He served 8 U.S. presidents.  What You'll Learn Intelligence His reflections on the CIA at 75 How the CIA's story intersected with his own   His take on the organization's strengths and weaknesses  The complex intl. environment the CIA must now help America navigate Reflections Twists of fate Identity and institutions  And much, much more… Episode Notes Robert M. Gates is the first career officer in the CIA's history to rise from entry level employee to Director. He spent 27 years at CIA, nine of those at the NSC. More recently, he was the first Secretary of Defense to be asked to remain in office by a newly elected president. In all, he served 8 presidents.  Wouldn't you love to know his take on the CIA at 75? Well, we've made that happen for you! He was born in Wichita, Kansas, served in the U.S.A.F. and he received his undergraduate education at William & Mary, his masters from Indiana University, and his doctorate from Georgetown University. He was formerly the President of Texas A&M University and the current Chancellor of William & Mary.  And… The academic institutions Dr. Gates has been associated with all have quite different capacities of football stadium: Georgetown University's Cooper Field can hold 3,750; William & Mary's Zable Stadium can hold 12,259; Indiana University's Memorial Stadium can hold 52,626; and Texas A&M's Kyle Stadium can hold a whopping 102,733. What could we infer about Dr. Gates, college sports, or the United States from this information? Well, that would be thinking like an intelligence analyst. Quote of the Week "I've led four very big, very different institutions and like all of them I always saw where places where CIA could be better. But I always loved the place, and I always was proud to work there and proud of the people that I knew…they were probably the smartest, most honest people I've ever met and worked with." – Robert Gates. Resources *Andrew's Recommendation* “Reorganization in the Intel. Community,” DCI Gates (1992) Watch this prescient clip on historical naivete, or if you're hardcore, the entire congressional testimony *SpyCasts* “Dealing with Russia” – with Jim Olson (2022) “I was a Presidential Daily Briefer on 9/11” – with Mike Morell (2021) *Beginner Resources* History of CIA, CIA (n.d.) [website] CIA Director's Portrait Gallery, CIA (n.d.) [online gallery] Impact of President G.H.W. Bush's Foreign Policy, MSNBC (2018) [13 min. video] At 75, CIA Back Where it Started, Countering Kremlin, G. Myre, NPR (2022) [5 min. audio] Books Spymasters: CIA Directors, C. Whipple (S&S, 2020) Duty, R. Gates (Vintage, 2015) [Def. Sec. memoir] A World Transformed, Bush & Scowcroft (Knopf, 1998) From the Shadows, R. Gates (S&S, 1996) [CIA memoir] Power & Principle, Z. Brzezinski (FS&G, 1983) [Gates was Z.B.'s Special Asst. at the NSC during the Carter era] Articles A More Realistic Strategy for the Post-Cold War Era, R. Gates, WaPo (2022) Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, M. Warner, SII (1996)  Video Legacy of the G.H.W.B. Administration, CFR (2016) Book Talk: From the Shadows, R. Gates, C-Span (1996) Documentary The Spymasters, Showtime (2015) Curatorial Pocket History of CIA, CIA (2014) Primary Sources Biden Speech on 75th Anniversary of the CIA (2022) Robert Gates on CIA and Openness (1992) Nomination of Gates to be DCI (1991) Adm. Roscoe, First CIA Director Dies (1982)  CIA Review of the World Situation (1947) Lester to Truman re Centralized Intelligence (1947)  National Security Act (1947) *Wildcard Resource* North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) We hear the first explicit mention of “CIA” in a major movie  “FBI. CIA. ONI. We're all in the same alphabet soup.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Turkey Season! We are back up and running during these dark, terrible summer months for the Turkey hunter. On this episode Paul sits down with Mark Wiley from the Ohio Department of Wildlife and Dr. Robert Gates from THE Ohio State University to discuss the State of Turkey hunting, on going research and Turkey populations in the Buckeye state. The topics discussed are relevant across the other 48 states with a Wild turkey. Great update from the Buckeye state and applicable across your state! A few more states are on the docket for an update. Have a great summer! www.TurkeySeason.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thousands have been killed in the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas, and a ground invasion into Gaza appears imminent. Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates predicts how war could ripple through the Middle East. Guest: Robert Gates, former US Secretary of Defense Host:   Ray Suarez If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

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Robert Wilkie, Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, joins Liberty & Justice with Matt Whitaker, Season 3, Episode 6.  Presented by American Cornerstone Institute.  Learn more about ACI at https://americancornerstone.org/. Watch every episode of Liberty & Justice on www.whitaker.tv. President Trump nominated the Honorable Robert Wilkie as the tenth Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 2018, and sworn in on July 30, 2018. Mr. Wilkie served as the acting Secretary of VA from March 28 to May 29, 2018.  Before confirmation as VA Secretary, Mr. Wilkie served Secretary James Mattis as his Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness—the principal advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for Total Force Management as it relates to readiness, National Guard and Reserve component affairs, health affairs, training, and personnel requirements and management, including equal opportunity, morale, welfare, recreation, and the quality of life for military families. The son of an Army artillery commander, Mr. Wilkie spent his youth at Fort Bragg. Today, he is a United States Air Force Reserve colonel assigned to the Office of the Chief of Staff. Before joining the Air Force, he served in the United States Navy Reserve with the Joint Forces Intelligence Command, Naval Special Warfare Group Two, and the Office of Naval Intelligence.Mr. Wilkie has more than 20 years of federal service at the national and international levels. During the George W. Bush Administration, Mr. Wilkie served both Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates as Assistant Secretary of Defense from 2005–2009, and he was the youngest senior leader in the Department. Mr. Wilkie was Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and a National Security Council senior director under Dr. Condoleezza Rice. He also has extensive experience in the United States Congress, including recent service as Senior Advisor to Senator Thom Tillis and service as Counsel and Advisor on International Security Affairs to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, the Honorable Trent Lott. Mr. Wilkie shepherded the Senate confirmation process for James Mattis, Robert Gates, and Admiral Mike Mullen (CJCS), and he was responsible for the preparation of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker for their multiple appearances before Congress in defense of the Iraqi Surge. Mr. Wilkie was Vice President for Strategic Programs for CH2M HILL, one of the world's largest engineering and program management firms, where for five years he held program management and advisory assignments as diverse as the London 2012 Summer Olympics and the reform and reorganization of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense Supply and Logistics System (DE&S). Mr. Wilkie holds an Honors degree from Wake Forest University, a Juris Doctor from Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans, a Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University, and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. A graduate of the College of Naval Command and Staff, Air Command and Staff College, the United States Army War College, and the Joint Forces Staff College, Mr. Wilkie has published articles in the Naval War College Review, Parameters, Armed Forces Journal International, Air and Space Power Journal, and Proceedings. He holds personal and unit decorations and the Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest noncareer civilian award of the Department. Matthew G. Whitaker was acting Attorney General of the United States (2018-2019).  Before becoming acting Attorney General, Mr. Whitaker served as Chief of Staff to the Attorney General. He was appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern Dist

Live from STUDIO G- in the heart of America- I'm STEVE GRUBER- saying the things you wish you could -every day- Fighting for you from the Foxhole of Freedom and defending this great nation— This is THE STEVE GRUBER SHOW!   Here are 3 big things you need to know right now—   Number One— Hunter Biden is once again trying to get special treatment for a felony gun possession charge—and is trying to get a plea deal that was thrown out previously re-instated—good luck with that little man—   Number Two— Newt Gingrich and ordinary Americans everywhere are staunchly opposed to the reckless and dangerous bipartisan bill—that sells out the border with almost nothing in return—   Number Three— While our border is being overrun and the economy is in not in great shape—the storm clouds of war are becoming a lot more concerning in the middle east—   Some say the POWDER KEG is more dangerous now than at any time since the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973—and with war already waging in the Gaza strip and the United States hitting back against persistent terrorist attacks in the region—it appears that weakness in the White House could lead us into yet another avoidable war—this time with Iran—   It is funny in a sad way—that every single Republican candidate for President since I can remember—was roasted by the likes of the New York Times and Washington Post as being war mongers that will certainly get America into World War 3—   They said it about Richard Nixon—they called Ronald Reagan—Ronald Ray-Gun and mocked the missile defense system that was created back then as Star Wars—Yeah Both George H-W and George W. would certainly get us into a global conflict—   BUT nobody was more dangerous with the nuclear football than Donald Trump they screamed—he would be the one that would bring about global annihilation—and yet—President Trump got America into the least amount of global conflict during his first term in office—he negotiated the Abraham Agreements for which he has again been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, of course the globalists will never give him that honor—though he deserves it—   And once again the narrative has turned—and this morning we stand on the precipice of a global conflict—and it could start in more than one place—   Vladimir Putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons if he is pushed into a corner by NATO countries as he continues to grind down the resistance from his invasion into Ukraine—and by the way Russia is still winning and will continue to grind that nation into submission—no matter how much money Lindsey Graham, or Chris Murphy and the rest of the war mongers keep pushing for more money for that country—which I remind you again is neither an ally or a Democracy in any sense of the word at this point—   The other flash point that is being looked at closely as we begin the day—is of course Iran—that has been ramping up attacks on the United States and our allies ever since the Hamas terrorist attacks triggered the first war in Israel since 1973—   And this is really strange—because Joe Biden, you know the one that Democrats keep bragging is such an expert about world affairs and foreign policy—he had some very important thoughts about Iran, and the possibility of us getting into a war with Tehran—and he made those comments back when he was running for President—   Yeah, Donald Trump would get us into a war with Iran—yeah that is what he said—and that is why Robert Gates the Secretary of Defense under Barack Obama—said Joe Biden was wrong on pretty much every position he took on such things for more than 40 years—   It seems his track record did not improve with his declining mental abilities—And I want you to hear it again—   And as you know—the push for war is strong on Capital Hill—and as much as I despise the Iranian Ayatollah and the regime in Tehran—I would proceed with a lot more caution than some that are calling for an immediate and totally overwhelming attack—some you wouldn't expect to hear from even—   I am not sure why someone felt compelled to pull out Mike Pence—BUT there he is—and the war mongers in the military industrial complex are cheering his comments for sure—and believe me—he was not alone—   But where is Joe Biden on this?    Well, it seems he has not been told yet what his opinion is supposed to be—   For those that have actually worn the uniform and fought in the wars of the last 25 years—they are a bit more cautious—BUT it still feels like a war with Iran is becoming inevitable—and sadly unavoidable—   I want you to think about that—when you remember the pallet loads of cash delivered in the middle of the night by Barack Obama—and the billions of dollars just recently unfrozen by the Biden Administration—   I mean, it would have to cross your mind—that just like an open border is the official US policy—that war with Iran is looking like the official US policy—and will be acted upon sooner rather than later—   I hope we can avoid war—BUT I also understand that if Iran is not knocked into next month with a powerful hit—this kind of antagonistic arrogance will continue—and it will cost American lives—  A war also makes me wonder—who has come across our open border for the last 3 years—where are they hiding—and what do we need to focus on to make sure possible terrorists that have walked into America in recent years—can be taken out quickly if need be—

Larry Mendte fills in for Mark Simone. Biden is to blame for inflation and the democrats know it. Robert Gates says Biden has been on the wrong side of foreign policy for the past 40 years. Because of Biden the country looks weak.

Net Assessment is back! Chris, Melanie, and Zack return after a hiatus and start by debating a recent article entitled “The Dysfunctional Superpower” by Robert Gates. They agree that Washington is deeply dysfunctional, but disagree about what can be done to overcome political obstacles and the degree to which this dysfunction gives Russia and China an edge. Chris questions additional inflation adjustments for fixed price defense contracts, Melanie criticizes the United Nations' unwillingness to recognize sexual violence in Gaza, and Zack welcomes new colleague Todd Harrison to the American Enterprise Institute.   This episode's reading. 

Robert Gates served in public life for over 50 years. He began his career as an entry-level CIA analyst and would rise the ranks to become director of the agency from 1991-93. In 2006, he was named Secretary of Defense by President George W. Bush as our nation waged war in Afghanistan and Iraq. He would retain the position for President Barack Obama until 2011, making him the only Secretary of Defense asked by a newly elected President to remain in the office.Secretary Gates is the author of a number of bestselling books, including A Passion for Leadership and his memoir, Duty, and has served as President of Texas A&M and currently holds the position of Chancellor of the College of William & Mary. Mark Updegrove talked to him recently before a full house at the LBJ Library, where he offered his reflections on an increasingly chaotic world, including the Israel-Hamas War, the War in Ukraine, the security threats posed by an increasingly aggressive China, and the struggles we face here at home

In this episode of The More Freedom Foundation Podcast, your hosts Rob and Ruairi continue to rip apart an outrageous article by former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, recently published in Foreign Affairs. Gates argues for a more assertive stance against China and Russia, advocating increased military spending and a return to a Cold War-era bipartisan approach. Join us as we scrutinize Gates' arguments and offer a critical analysis of his viewpoints. We'll break down the article's key assertions, shedding light on the potential pitfalls and consequences of such an aggressive strategy. Does Gates' call for a more confrontational approach truly serve the best interests of the United States, or does it risk escalating tensions with the world's major powers? As we explore the nuances of this complex issue, we question whether Gates' assessment of Xi Jinping's and Vladimir Putin's leadership and ambitions accurately reflects the current global landscape. We'll challenge his views and offer a more balanced perspective, one that takes into account the complexities of international relations in the 21st century. ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok

Mark McCormick, TD Bank Global Head of FX & EM Strategy, analyzes the Bank of Japan's decision to loosen its grip on government bond yields. John Stoltzfus, Oppenheimer Asset Management Chief Investment Strategist, says the Fed's sensitivity has enabled the resilience of the US consumer. Aaron David Miller, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Senior Fellow, discusses the latest in the Israel-Hamas war. Stephen Stanley, Santander Chief US Economist, says the Fed has overstated the importance of the recent surge in US treasury yields. Emily Roland, John Hancock Investment Management Co-Chief Investment Strategist, says the US economy hasn't yet felt the sting of the Fed's recent rate hikes.Get the Bloomberg Surveillance newsletter, delivered every weekday. Sign up now: https://www.bloomberg.com/account/newsletters/surveillance      FULL TRANSCRIPT:     This is the Bloomberg Surveillance Podcast. I'm Tom Keane, along with Jonathan Farrow and Lisa Abramowitz. Join us each day for insight from the best and economics, geopolitics, finance and investment. Subscribe to Bloomberg Surveillance on demand on Apple, Spotify and anywhere you get your podcasts, and always on Bloomberg dot Com, the Bloomberg Terminal and the Bloomberg Business App. We are living it right now. A brief from Mark McCormick, Global Head of Foreign Exchange in EM Strategy TD Securities. Mark, and why don't you to explain to our audience why a super strong dollars from twenty twelve and a super week yen is disturbing? Well, I think of what it does is it just shows the massive divergence you have between central banks. I think one of the things that you can unpack is there are certain currencies that care about growth, there's certain currencies that care about commodities, there's certain currencies that care about different relative central bank functions. The thing that the end cares a lot about is the ten year point to look at euro. Euro cares about the two year point of the curve. More than say the ten year and if you take the combination of what we had, and this is one of the most important things going on effects is the relative terms of trade shift. Japan is also a massive importer of energy and other commodities. So you take the commodity story, you take the great differential story, and now you take the aggressive bear steepening of the US curves this summer, and you've got basically a trifective things that will weaken the end quite considerably unless the BOJ does something well to the trifecta. Let's go to Mondel of Columbia. I mentioned this with Vice Chairman Clara to the other day. He will join US folks for our special FED coverage. Look for that? Is that tomorrow? Yes, it's tomorrow. The FED meeting is too more might people have just briefed me and Mark I'm looking at that. I want to echo what I talked to Professor Clara about, which is something has to give here. When something gives, what is the instability our audiences should be worried about? Well, I think of the context of the end, what needs to give is the actual the currency itself. As you mentioned, there is a very interesting policy mix where fiscal policy is actually quite favorable in forms of in terms of growth, also inflation. You see the BOJ is expecting higher inflation to kind of be a bit more sticky, I think, than markets are looking for. And they've also basically said we don't have a cap anymore. It can go above one percent. So I think what they're trying to do is synchronize themselves a little bit, which which has been US yield rising, which would contain the weakness in the end, But this is not a policy mix that is coherent and it is no longer sustainable. So I think a big thing is what we're going to see is things are going to change. It will change abruptly, but I think the movement that we had overnight where they said there's no longer a one percent cap, is actually quite a significant change. But it will take time for this to work through the market. So again i'd say that the thing that needs to break is yields needs to be higher, yet needs to be stronger. It's just going to take more time because we also need to see a peak in the US yield story, which again is not even about the FED anymore. When we talk about the ten year yield. It's more about supply and demand for ten year bonds. This is a big mishmash. Do you have a sense of what the response mechanism from the Bank of Japan is, what the lines in the sand are, what they're sort of looking at. I mean, we were talking about some of the opacity that they put forward overnight. It's very tricky because I think obviously most central banks it's very common language. At this point, they care more about the currency movements. So the end has not been as volatile. So as you can see, we have not the report came out this morning like they did not intervene last month. So I think I don't think there's a red line per se. I think they're all kind of doing what everyone in the market's doing. They're very confused about the drivers, They're very confused about the actual themes in the market. FX has become very challenged, I think for many people. So I think the line in the sand is you're kind of thinking it's loose fiscal policy, loose monetary policy, weakest currency on record. It deviated from our longer term models by you know, magnitudes, you know, our longer term fair value model and dollar again is in one twenties. So what you're kind of looking for is like the pressure points that will cause these things to break. And again, I think a big part of it is US data needs to roll over, US yields need to come down a little bit, and the BOJ I think the one thing that we're very out of consensus on is we are looking for them to move out of NERP next year because of the wage pressure we're seeing in Japan right around the Shuto wage negoiation negotiations, we should see higher wages and as a result of you know, essentially higher wages and higher nominal rates coming up, we should see real rates in Japan move substantially in their favor versus the US next year. When you take a step back, there's a question of slowly or all at once, And you were saying it will be all at once at some point. How disruptive is this going to be at a time when so many people were talking about Japanese flows underpinning are basically suppressing yields globally and really keeping things a little bit more in sync. Yeah, I think that's a that's a big component because I think since the summer, since the BOJ let the the you know, kind of opened up the yield curve control the suppression they had on it. We have seen term premium rise across the world. We have seen the US ten year rise. So I do think that there is a blowback here that's happening slowly behind the scenes. And again, I think a lot of people will make the point that the ten year yield is now advanced above FED expectations for twenty twenty four. It's above data surprises, it's above US data trends. It's no longer reflecting the correlations we saw in July. So I do think that the BOJ and the fact that they're kind of moving out of it. Obviously quantitative tightening has a component of this as well, but the BOJ does have the ability to kick start, you know, rises in the US ten years. Well, bring up this board again on television and radio. I have to review you this. I didn't do this. Simon did this in the control and he's been reading. Michael Rosenbergen for inn Exchange. Bring up that board again here. Yeah, one fifty one week week week end two year yield finally above zero ten year yield almost one percent. Those are unimaginable numbers to pros mark. Is this going to end stochastically? I talked to Martin Feldstein about this years ago, Like Looney, let's go to Toronto Dominion Bank. Looney goes up one thirty eight, you get up to one forty two and it gets fixed. Is that where we're heading, where the system just fixes itself. No. I think the system's quite dynamic. I think that that's the interesting point. Like we brun out variations of lots of different types of tools and models and different things. We're trying to understand what's going on in the market. As I mentioned, the things that are driving a weaker yen are fundamentally based. They make they make a lot of sense. And again the commodity story behind the scene is quite quite important, especially from the handover to last year, because what it does is it eliminates the trade surplus and the trade surplus plus the current account plus the balance of payments that is FX. You know, essentially everything we talk about every day is trying to think about how do we predict the balance of payments? So for the end, I don't think any of this is stable. I think is very unstable. Equilibrium even the shorter term models that we look at that we use for trading ideas Dollar Interview one five based on redifferentials and equities and risk and these kind of things. So it's even deviated now because you know markets are looking for a trend to trade in dollar again, is the only one that makes any sense right now? Three people just drove off the Garden State Parkway. There's your Global Wall Street Brief and foreign exchange. If you only understood half of that like I did. He's Mark McCormick of TD Securities. John Solstice has been listening to this and wants to weigh out on the Bunker Remo and beyond. And I'll let you get to that, but first I want to start to say how much are you basically saying we've just a run out of time to get to that forty nine hundred mark? Yeah? Really, really is? We We had to right size our expectations. We always suggest that to do investors as they as they consider what happens when markets are are in royal and so to speak. And what we've got to consider here is the calendar is telling us that we're getting close to a year end. The average rallies are positive. You know, we get positive rallies after a dip like we've seen traditionally or historically, but it's smaller amounts and there are still lots of uncertainty that bears and nervous investors and those who are skeptics can use to take more profits out of the fabulous rally that we're still living off from the lows of October twelfth of last year. I feel like one just after another is basically coming on and saying give investors a prozac, because frankly, there is a lot of optimism. They're just not seeing it. How much can you really hinge unfundamentals if the sentiment is just so gloomy and prepared for the worst. The problem is, I think that when you're in a FED funds high cycle, it takes a while before the marketplace gets a sense that the FED is indeed not trying to destroy things, and that the FED might actually succeed at its goals. The Fed isn't it isn't infallible, but the FED has a remarkably simple a mandate essentially, you know, stable economic growth with maximum employment. Of course, what is it. A few weeks ago, I think was the daily quote on the Bloomberg was Martin Scorsese, and it was something that like simple is the best, but it's the hardest to achieve. Well, that's what happens in a FED funds hike cycle. But what happens is eventually the marketplace. And you can see it related to higher prices being accepted by consumers and business in that you were just mentioning before there's a sense, Okay, we can deal with this now and we keep moving forward. The FED has been so set in applying it's mandate that it hasn't knocked a part the resilience in the consumer, in business and the overall economy. That's just an extraordinary John Michael McKee with a brilliant idea on the Magnificent Seven. He's going back to the movie. He's looking at YOU'L. Brenner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughan, James Coburn, Horse Bucklets and Brad Dexter. I mean they were the Magnificent seven. What do you do with the modern Magnificent seven? Is Apple going to deliver here? And if you're going gloomy forty four hundred, do you sell your big tech Well, I'm not gloomy of four hundred at all. I'm just saying it's more realistic from here to the end of the year. Just wait until we put in our Brice target for next year. That'll be later on. Oh good, and no one's watching here, Come on compliance at opcos not watching. Give me a number. Can you pop a five thousand for next year? To do it? I got, I got compliance breeding down my back. But when we look at things are getting better and we think we're going to see competition return in a lot of spaces, and competition is when all of a sudden you've got everybody is passing on the old higher prices getting away with it. And then some guy in business or gal discovers the idea of well maybe if I give up a little bit what I get in per unit costs, maybe I can make it up big time and volume. And that'll happen across the sectors. But in the meantime, tech is empowering everything, and we don't mean it like in some kind of a moonshot, but it exists. Today. Corporations are doing better navigating very tough environments. Well, it's the financial advices. Whether it was the pandemic, post pandemic, the supply chain stabilization, the getting away from one country centricity in terms of the global supply chain. All of this technology is enabling a lot of things both for the can consumer as well as for business. And it's it's a dramatic change that combined with sensitivity by the FED communication transparency that we think is you know, the branking legacy that is still being practiced by Jerome Howell in his own way. Yeah, you know, positive effect. I keep thinking the economy is not the stock market, and this is not necessarily a stock market that's representative of the broader economy that really is maybe the Russell two thousand or the banking index, the regional Banking Index. Does your optimism bleed over to small caps, to the KBW index? Well, I'd say not necessarily to the k b W. Yet we've got to wait for the economy to show a greater sustainability going forward and not as many concerns in terms of commercial real estate and subbrime auto loans and things like that. But what we would say is when we when we look at this picture where all things are getting better, it's been led by the large caps but if we get to that point where we get to see the sustainability of the economic expansion, of becoming predominant in the picture, you're going to want to own smalls and mid caps, and you probably want to consider, for instance, we're near market cap agnostic in some ways because our goal is beyond we're intermediate to longer term investors, and the valuations are ridiculously low in many quality indices of the small caps and mid caps. Joss Dolphis thank you so much, greatly appreciating this should be a two hour conversation. I can't say enough about the work of doctor Miller. He is Aaron David Miller. He's a senior fellow the Carnegie Endowment for in an national piece. The signal is from the University of Michigan Definitive and International Relations. And he wrote a book in two thousand and eight. It was shockingly, shockingly prescient fifteen years on about the mess we're in in the Eastern Mediterranean. Aaron David Miller, thank you so much for joining us this morning. When you wrote your masterpiece in two thousand and eight, did you expect the tragedy we're living now? I expected John at an unresolved Israeli Palestinian conflict driven by a proximity problem. Israelis and Palestinians are living on top of one another, and frankly, I think it was Mark Twitter said that proximity breachs contempt and children. I figured that this conflict would endure, It would go through periods of accommodation, perhaps as it did, but also periods of conflict that we've seen. But I think I, for one, I'll put myself at the top of the list, never anticipate paid the kind of trigger to this particular phase of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. That is to say, what happened on October seven, with Hamasa's brutal and savage attack and it's wilful and intentional, indiscriminate murder of men, women and children. I did not anticipate that, and clearly, in what probably one of the two greatest intelligence failures in the history of the State of Israel, neither did the Israelis. Aaron David Miller. Robert Gates writes a piercing essay and the New Foreign Affairs magazine. I read every word of it. The former Defense Secretary and head of CIA on a dysfunctional America, a dysfunctional superpower. You are someone that straddled the line. I would say, within the politics of Washington, what's Aaron David Miller's best practice? Now for the Biden administration come to this particular crisis. Remember, we now have an archa crisis. We have a major crisis in the Middle East with the potential of escalade. Even further, if you end up with in Israeli his bull of war, You're going to see, not to mention the prospects of Iranian involvement and direct conversation between Israel and I Ran, which would lead to spiking oil prices and plunging financial markets, and even more uncertainty with respect to the global economy. You've got Russia's invasion of Ukraine, You've got tensions in the Indo Pacific. Look, I long believe you know. I'm a follower reinhold Nebe approximate solutions to insoluble problems. This is a world that cannot be resolved. That is to say, I'm not sure there is one conflict factor you could identify that had a definitive, a comprehensive solution. This is all about smart, smart management and a judicious and very balanced view of the projection of American power in air is that in fact we can, we can and effect. But no, this is not a world to be redeemed or resolved. It's want to be managed if we're lucky and smart. Aaron David Miller Robert Kaplan's new book, The Loom of Time is my book of the year. It's just a sprawling treatise from Morocco all the way over to Persia, indeed on to Afghanistan as well. And what permeates Caplin's real politic is the basic idea that we have a human rights led foreign policy. Is our human rights led foreign policy at risk given what we see in the Eastern Mediterranean region. You know, Caplin's you a really smart guy. Based on my experience John working for Republicans and Democrats over a thirty year period from Jimmy Carter to Bush forty three, I don't think we have a human rights based policy. In fact, human rights democracy promotion, responsibility to protect, the intervention, to to prevent or even respond to mass killings, from the Holocaust at Cambodia to Rwanda to Dartford to Sauth, Sudan to Syria. Where has the United States been with respect to the protection of human rights. I'm not saying that that is a role we need to play and can't play all the time, but I think human rights is a factor. But based on my experience from Carter to Bush forty three, it's rarely at the top of our agenda. There's been shades of isolationism there, even off of the shock of Jimmy Carter and the Iranian hostage crisis. And I believe seventy nine, what does our new isolationism look like. I'm not sure. Well, clearly we're not there now. I mean, I think the America first notion, although I think that largely would translate into putting America last. We've got to find the right balance, John, between doing too much in the world and not doing enough. One of my former VOUSE bosses, medal In Albert, referred to the United States as the indispensable power. You know, and I remember what de gaul said about the cemeteries of France. They're filled with indispensable people. We can't be the indispensable power if indispensability means that we need to be everywhere, to everyone all the time. We have a dysfunctional political system. That's the strength, by the way repairing that is critically important for our capacity to lead, not by the what it was, Joe Biden says, not by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. There is something to that. From where you sit in international relations. Is our pentagon properly funded? And specifically does the Navy have enough ships and submarines? Probably know, and no, I suspect, even though there some will argue that our defense budget is way out of whack, It'll be fascinating to try to see how we're going to resource going forward because each of these problems I referred to what you're seeing in the Middle East right now, Russia's warview against Ukraine which seems to be forever, and the prospects of arising China in the Indo Pacific. All of these things have to be properly resourced. And that's a concern that I have, given the nature of our domestic politics. One final questionnaireon to circle back to your two thousand and eight treaties, there is a much too promised land. What should we advocate to Israel and the Palestinians in this November You know, a lot of people I respect John believe that the so called two state solution has gone the way of the Dodo. I understand the argument, but frankly, it's the least bad solution to this conflict. Israelis and Palestinians need to separate from one another through negotiations. There's no precedent that I can think of of two two national movements, one of state, a nonstate actor seeking to become a movement living happily ever after under one roof. It's Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq. I mean, the beat goes on, so it's not it's just a hop, skip and a jump to understanding that if in fact you're going to have anything resembling a conflict ending solution, I'm choosing my words very carefully here. You really do need to have separation through negotiation, maybe into a confederation at some point, but you need to satisfy the political, territorial, emotional, psychological, and religious underpinnings of this conflict. The only thing that does that, in my judgment, is to separate through negotiation state of Israel living peacefully next door to a Palestinian polity. That to me is the only way to even begin to think about fixation. Aaron David Miller, thank you so much for the brief. Hugely valuable with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Stephen Stanley joins us at right now with Santander or US Capital Markets. You are acclaimed for analysis and GDP. How does the bond market affect your analysis? You know, I think the Fed is overstating the importance of this little backup in bonnials that we've seen over the last month. As we talked about the last time I was here, I see it maybe as a little bit more of an excuse than a reason. I think they wanted to hold off, and that provided them with a convenient reason. Financial conditions have tightened a little bit. But look, you know, as you all discuss, the economy is still rolling at this point. So I think it's wishful thinking that the last twenty or thirty basis points on the on the bonyold is going to roll the economy. But the I'll go with this easy, easy question here. It's a cliche, but unfortunately it's apped right now. Are they fighting in the last war? I think it's too soon to say that, because you know, the idea I assume what you're suggesting is well, inflation has already licked well. Dominicq constum in MISSOUI is calling it super restrictive. I got people say in the five percent reality lay on the bond market is a seven percent reality in the economy as well? Are they? Are they working now? They go to the meeting tomorrow in a restrictive milieu. I think policy is restrictive, but is it restrictive enough? I mean, until the economy actually slows down, until inflation really comes off. It's it's hard to say that, and so I think that's why that at a minimum, they're certainly going to want to keep their options open. You know, they they've signaled another pause, but Pallas certainly kept the door open to further hikes. So I'm not throw this question at you what I was asking before, which is how long can the US continue surprising to the upside with economic data and showing momentum at the same time that you see Europe running into recession coming out recession around the world a lot of pain, maybe not to be overly glib, but basically forever. Because the US is a domestically driven economy, and I think economists and particularly the FED, have systematically over the years overestimated the importance of the global economy for the US economy. We're, you know what, between ten and fifteen percent of our economy is trade, whereas for most of the other major economies it's thirty forty percent. Okay, I'll challenge that in one way, And this is something that a lot of people have been talking about, and I would love for you to push back if this is the case, people say that the international transmission transmission mechanism is the US yield is how many international buyers are going to be coming in and picking up treasuries at a time where the Bank of Japan's not going to be buying, where you're going to have or not going to be really pushing investors out of that nation's asset market. Where you have certainly around the world yields going higher and China not buying how much does apply change that narrative and create more of an international transmission mechanism than ever before. Yeah, that's an interesting angle. Actually. I think the root of the problem there, of course, is the fact that we're that we're running such large deficits. If we had a smaller deficit then this would be so much of a problem. But the fact that the Treasury is to borrow on extra to two and a half trillion dollars a year, they need demand anywhere they can get it, so that that actually does bring a good point, which is that the it feels like the international community has pulled back a little bit for various reasons, and I think you know that's that's part of it, a piece of why yields have backed up recently. Well, Mike McKey summarizes for us we've heard this twice today and surveillant Shill Moweko accent Stephen Stanley of Santandra agree the United States is a relatively closed economy. Are we an economy a fiscal stimulus thinking of refunding and all the other debates versus Europe in austerity stimulus? I mean, are we living a fiscal stimus that makes us different? Well, yeah, I mean we as Chris says, we're, as Steve says, we're a sort of closed economy. We don't have to worry necessarily about what's happening in Europe as much as Europe has to worry about what's happening in the United States. And China their biggest trading partner, and so we can stimulate the economy and we can run deficits for a lot longer. Nobody knows exactly how high or how long, but it doesn't have the same kind of effect. Interesting to note where we are with yields these days is where we were in the nineteen nineties when we were growing at four and a half percent a year. So can we live with this? I mean for now we can't, right, Steven Stanley with us, So I'm not going to go higher for longer. But just pick one of them. Are we going to go higher or are we going to go longer? Well, I think the more important thing is the longer part. You know, they may go one more time, but we're pretty to the end, so I don't think the higher part is the more important of the two right now. I think is the more important issue is how long are they going to stay? Can the American economy equilibriate through a higher nominal and real rate or almost equal calibrate? I would said yes, I think We're in the process of that. I think that in my mind, the neutral rate is you know, anywhere from fifty to one hundred basis points higher than it was before COVID. So give me a ten year real rate, which is going to be a run rate. I think it's probably you know, one to one half percent something like that. Okay, when we look right now at the data that we've getting this week, you said that the Fed seems to be looking for an excuse, and it's not really that they're so concerned about what you call this little backup and yields. So what data could make it difficult for them to use the backup and yields as some sort of excuse. Well, boy, we're really testing that right because since the September meeting, we've had a blowout payroll number, a high inflation number, stronger than expected consumer spending, and now we get a firm wage number. So you know, you're pretty much a clean sweep, and yet they're clearly going to pause. So I think it's going to have to be not so much a particular data point, but a duration of a stretch of good data. If we continue to see good data for another month or two, then I mean it just becomes increasingly compelling. So tomorrow, based on what they say and based on the economic data, what are the chances from your view, that they've got to go significantly further than currently markets are pricing. Yeah, so significantly further is a really important part of that question, because, as I said, I mean my base case, I have one more hike. But that's I mean, you know, whether they do one or not, it's not that important. But there is a scenario where inflation reaccelerates and they end up having to go multiple times. That's the I think that's the scenario that you might have in mind. I mean, to me, that's the biggest risk fact. I see that as a bigger risk than the risk that the economy slides into recession and they end up easing much sooner than people expect it. But it's at this point it's for me, it's a risk scenario, not a base case. Are Is it true you're going for Halloween? You're going to dot plot that. That's a room, right? I can't confirm you had bullered up at the tippy top of your head. There you go. Okay, I have a lot of room on my head for you dods. So do some of us is well? Also? John Ferrell, going as you'll Brunner, I don't know if you knew that one of the mania for seven John. It was good to hear Stephen Stanley with his chief US economist of Santander, Emily rolling this morning from Boston here on a Halloween. What's your biggest fear out there besides trigger treating, what's your biggest fear, Emily in this market? My biggest fear is that we're actually in a scary movie right now, but it's not over yet. You know. You think about the villain kind of being wounded but still alive, and the villain is higher borrowing costs and the wake of the FED raising interest rates in the shortest amount of time and the greatest extent in several decades here, and we really haven't felt the sting from that as far as consumers pulling back, you know, as far as earning's getting hurt by that profit margin's getting crushed. So everything's fine right now. We're sort of running to the safe part of the house as we're getting chased by this villain, but we need to remember that the movie simply isn't over yet. Oh my god, Emily, I'm just thinking about you at the sleepover with a bunch of eleven year old saying it's a scary house and the bond villain is coming to get you at some point. I'm wondering, Emily, how much we're looking at a scenario we're yield to kind of reach to a peak, and that really the uncertainty lies. And I keep harping on this, but it lies with the deficit financing and what we get tomorrow from the Treasury Department. What we got yesterday actually underwhelmed with the amount that the US would have to borrow in the third quarter, and arguably that's what's leading yields lower this morning. Yeah, certainly fears around supply have been a key to the narrative around rising bond yields, but it's not like we woke up one morning over the last few weeks and all of a sudden found out that the treasure was going to have to issue more debt. That's been a known issue. So for US, that's not really the primary reason that bond yields have picked up. It's been just this unrelenting strength in the economic data in the US, and certainly fiscal spending has played a role in that. Excess savings have played a role in that. In twenty twenty and twenty twenty one. But really it's been the strength of the data. There's something really really unusual happening in the bond market right now. One, we're facing down potentially the third consecutive year of negative returns for high quality bonds. That's never happened before in history. We're also looking at an environment where if the FED was done in July, and we can talk about that, it's really unusual to see the ten year treasure yield continuing to rise. Typically what happens is that the ten year peaks right around the same time, are just before the FED pauses, very unusual. And then finally the elusive bear steepener another very notable dynamic here that is not consistent with what we've seen in recent history. So our view is that we could be getting close here to the peak and yields. This doesn't sound like a scary story actually. Arguably, and as Gina Martin Adams yesterday was saying, this really speaks to a pain trade of more momentum of gains of a rally and risk assets. Because if yields are rising because of growth, isn't it a good and beautiful thing? Yeah? I mean, I think our standards for growth have seemed to be shifted a little bit. Yes, there's a lot of strength in the labor market, but we all know that that's lagging data and those cracks are starting to form. I think this week's going to be really critical in terms of the jobs report on Friday, initial claims, which have stayed stubbornly low. We've got to remember that that data is subject to heavy revisions, and we're seeing a lot of cracks in the consumer stories starting to emerge. There's a lot of heads out there, the resumption of student loan payments, credit card interest rates at twenty five percent right now, auto loans at seven percent, mortgage rate over eight percent. That's a challenge. How do you get out thirty six months? You're going to tell me part of a carefully managed portfolio is so look out three years, five years, years, maybe when the red SOX go above five hundred again, Emily, the basic idea here is people are scared stiff. How much cash at five x percent should they own? Versus having the courage to reach out thirty six months? Yeah, I think the critical the scary part I guess about being in cash right now is that your subject to significant reinvestment risk. Our view is that the normal relationship with the economic cycle and bond yields remarries as we head into this economic contraction into next year, and in that environment, you want to move out the curve and just really be able to capture the five six percent income that you're seeing in high quality bonds right now. I know we've been talking about this for a while. There's been these significant odd dislocations in the bond market, but if you're in cash right now, you might not get that yield next year. We have an opportunity again to lock that income stream in for years, and I think we're going to look back on this is quite an incredible opportunity to unlock the value in bonds. Thank you, Emily Rowland, John Hancock Investment Management, Boston. Subscribe to the Bloomberg Surveillance podcast on Apple, Spotify and anywhere else you get your podcasts. Listen live every weekday starting at seven am Eastern. I'm Bloomberg dot Com, the iHeartRadio app, tune In, and the Bloomberg Business app. You can watch us live on Bloomberg Television and always I'm the Bloomberg Terminal. Thanks for listening. I'm Tom Keane, and this is BloombergSee 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Robert Wilkie, former VA Secretary, joins Liberty & Justice with host Matt Whitaker Season 2, Episode 24. Secretary Wilkie discusses the troubled history of the Espionage Act and its current use as a weapon against President Trump. Watch every episode of Liberty & Justice at http://www.whitaker.tv.  The Honorable Robert Wilkie was nominated by President Trump to serve as the tenth Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 23, 2018, and sworn in on July 30, 2018. Mr. Wilkie previously served as the acting Secretary of VA from March 28 to May 29, 2018.  Before confirmation as VA Secretary, Mr. Wilkie served Secretary James Mattis as his Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness—the principal advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense for Total Force Management as it relates to readiness, National Guard and Reserve component affairs, health affairs, training, and personnel requirements and management, including equal opportunity, morale, welfare, recreation, and the quality of life for military families.The son of an Army artillery commander, Mr. Wilkie spent his youth at Fort Bragg. Today, he is a colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve assigned to the Office of the Chief of Staff. Before joining the Air Force, he served in the United States Navy Reserve with the Joint Forces Intelligence Command, Naval Special Warfare Group Two, and the Office of Naval Intelligence.Mr. Wilkie has more than 20 years of federal service at the national and international levels. During the George W. Bush Administration, Mr. Wilkie served both Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates as Assistant Secretary of Defense from 2005–2009, and he was the youngest senior leader in the Department. Mr. Wilkie was Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and a senior director of the National Security Council under Dr. Condoleezza Rice. He also has extensive experience in the United States Congress, including recent service as Senior Advisor to Senator Thom Tillis and service as Counsel and Advisor on International Security Affairs to the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, the Honorable Trent Lott. Mr. Wilkie shepherded the Senate confirmation process for James Mattis, Robert Gates, and Admiral Mike Mullen (CJCS), and he was responsible for the preparation of General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker for their multiple appearances before the Congress in defense of the Iraqi Surge.Mr. Wilkie was Vice President for Strategic Programs for CH2M HILL, one of the world's largest engineering and program management firms, where for five years he held program management and advisory assignments as diverse as the London 2012 Summer Olympics and the reform and reorganization of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense Supply and Logistics System (DE&S).Mr. Wilkie holds an Honors degree from Wake Forest University, a Juris Doctor from Loyola University College of Law in New Orleans, a Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University, and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College. A graduate of the College of Naval Command and Staff, Air Command and Staff College, the United States Army War College, and the Joint Forces Staff College, Mr. Wilkie has published articles in the Naval War College Review, Parameters, Armed Forces Journal International, Air and Space Power Journal, and Proceedings. He holds personal and unit decorations, as well as the Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest noncareer civilian award of the Department.Matthew G. Whitaker was acting Attorney General of the United States (2018-2019). Prior to becoming acting Attorney General, Mr. Whitaker served as Chief of Staff to the Attorney General. He was appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa by Pres

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A recent report out of the National Center for Education Statistics has revealed that America's 8th graders are scoring lower on civics education today than they have been in the last 20 years. This week's episode is a recast of an excellent conversation on civics, featuring former U.S. Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, Suzanne Spaulding of CSIS, with opening remarks by Dr. John Hamre of CSIS. To meet today's challenges, Americans must rediscover shared values, relearn the fundamentals of our constitutional republic, and re-form a sense of civic identity and commitment to our communities and across the nation. This conversation was originally recorded and broadcasted by CSIS as part of the CivXNow Civic Education Policy Summit. To view the original event: https://www.csis.org/events/civics-national-security-imperative-conversation-secretary-bob-gates To learn more about CivXNow Civic Education Policy Summit: www.civxnow.org Dr. Robert Gates is the former U.S. Secretary of Defense: https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/602797/ Suzanne Spaulding is a senior adviser for homeland security and director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at CSIS: https://www.csis.org/people/suzanne-spaulding Dr. John Hamre is the President and CEO of CSIS: https://www.csis.org/people/john-j-hamre References: NAEP Report Card: 2022 NAEP Civics Assessment. The Nation's Report Card, 2022, www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/civics/2022/ NSLT ep. 165, “National Security Lawyers on Civic Education as a National Security Imperative”: https://soundcloud.com/nsltoday/national-security-lawyers-on-civic-education

This edition features stories on U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, commenting on what he learned during his visits to Afghanistan and Iraq, the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team building a new public library and a young Afghan girl receiving a prosthetic eye after recovering from her surgery. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Gene Taylor.

Joe Biden will noch einmal US-Präsident werden. Er will seinen „Job zu Ende bringen“. Franz Josef Wagner von der Bild-Zeitung würde ihn wählen. Und die Saarbrücker Zeitung teilt ihren Lesern heute mit: „Aus europäischer Sicht wäre Bidens Wiederwahl ohnehin das Beste, was passieren könnte.“ Im merkwürdigen Gegensatz steht dazu das Urteil von Robert Gates, derWeiterlesen

This edition features a story on U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, touring the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) with the Republic of Korea's Foreign and Defense Ministers, the Air Force and Army ordering eight C-27J Spartan joint cargo aircraft from L3 Communications, A-10C pilot, 1st Lt. Daniel Griffin dropping live munitions at a range at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., and the Incirlik Air Base resident Ice Cream Man, Tech Sgt. Matt Lichtenberg. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

This edition features stories on Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Adm. Michael Mullen, holding a press conference describing the three-step process for preparing to allow homosexuals to serve openly in the military, a blood drive at Ramstein Air Base, rebuilding the T-38 Fighter jet as an air-to-air combat training aircraft at Holloman Air Force Base, the Community Center at Spangdahlem Air Base hosting a Chili Cook-off, preventing sickness during gym workouts, and United States Air Forces Central Command's Senior Enlisted Advisor visiting bases around the area of responsibility (AOR). Hosted by Airman 1st Class Alina Richard.

Would you get a tattoo from the Tattoo Boss, just for the bragging rights?  Even if it sucked?  Who IS the Tattoo Boss?  Just who the hell are they?  All these questions may or may not be answered in this, episode 189. Topics include: processed frozen food; shaking hands with a homeless person; celebrity impersonators; Gordon Ramsey is a nice man; reality television; more celebrity impersonators; Mike conflates Donald Rumsfeld with  Robert Gates; Rod Roddy and his coat of scintillating colors; Balenciaga; people that don't use their turn signals Tom's Twitter: https://twitter.com/StoryTimeTom1  Mike's Twitter:  https://twitter.com/StoryTimeMike1  Cartoon avatars of Tom & Mike created by Gary Bacon: https://twitter.com/pixelbud  ***************************************************** VISIT OUR OFFICIAL SITE! https://www.tomandmike.com  ***************************************************** Check out our let's play channel, Gaming with Tom & Mike: https://www.youtube.com/@gamingwithtommike 

Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, made a stop at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to visit with the staff of Craig Joint Theater Hospital. As Air Force Staff Sgt. Larry Moore tells us, the visit wasn't just a check up on operations at one of the busiest Hospitals in the region, but also an opportunity to honor some of America's Wounded Warriors. Includes sound bites from Col. Christian Benjamin, Commander, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group.

Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, visited Task Force Currahee at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Paktika province to honor troops during a D-Day remembrance. Produced by Petty Officer 2nd Class Santos Huante. Includes soundbits from Sgt. 1st Class Randy Shorter - First Sergeant, Headquarters, Headquarters Company 1-506. Also available in high definition.

This is our second episode in a three part series on CIA Directors who shaped US policy towards the Soviet Union. I gives an overview of the life of Robert Gates a proverbial and literal boyscout. We also give a brief news update about Wagner in Sudan and Armenia's frustration with Russia.

Far West Ltd, World Anti-Communist League, WACL, Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists -Bandera, OUN-B, Bulgarian Connection, Kintex, Grey Wolves, KGB, Propaganda Due, Mujahedeen, Robert Maxwell, Edmond Safra, Bruce Rappaport, InterMaritime Bank of New York, Bank of New York, Operation Trust, Sidney Reilly, White Russians, Jean Goutchkov, Putin, Philip Wainwright, DuPont family, J. Orline Grabbe, Great Rubble Scandal, Plan Columbia, DynCorp, Halliburton, KBR, Diligence LLC, Alfa Bank, William Webster, Robert Gates, Jeffrey Epstein, sex trafficking, drug trafficking, Serbia, Balkans, Fritz Ermarth, Project for a New American Century, neo-cons, Henry Jackson, Team B, Ermarth's Nazi background, Theodore Oberlander, Ruzi Nazar,1st musical break (7:50): Edmond Safra, Bruce Rappaport, Bank of New York and those mysterious White Russians2nd musical break (50:20): Robert Maxwell, the Great Rubble Scandal and the mysterious DuPont family3rd musical break (1:37:00): Alfa Bank, Diligence LLC & PMCs used to wage mafia wars4th musical break (2:03:15): Fritz Ermarth, Far West's most notorious American collaborator and his role in US foreign policy circles5th musical break (2:17:50): Fritz Ermarth, his Nazi background and ties to WACL Music by: Keith Allen Dennishttps://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/Additional music by: Inkblot (Samuel Corwin)https://inkblotisaband.bandcamp.com/album/ep Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The excitement March Madness routinely generates casts a shadow over a deeper fundamental problem in the NCAA — namely, that the performance of its roughly half a million young athletes earns them no salaried compensation. Former Defense Sec. Robert Gates joins Chuck to detail how he's tried to fix college basketball in his new role as the top person in charge of rewriting the association's constitution.

World Anti-Communist League, WACL, Captive Nations, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalist-Banderite, OUN-B, Far West Ltd, private military companies, PMCs, private intelligence companies, PICs, origins of World War III, collapse of Soviet Union, Soviet Union's inevitable defeat/bankruptcy, KGB, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Perestroika, glasnost, Yuri Andropova. KGB front companies, Gorbachev, Bush I, Robert Gates, Colin Powell, Fritz Ermath, Robert Maxwell, Simeon Mogilevich, Russian mafia, Israel-Russia connection, Israel-Russian immigration, Bulgaria, Kintex, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, smuggling, KGB/Eastern bloc trafficking, Propaganda Due, P2, Turkey, Italy, Lyudmila Zhivkova, Golyamo Gradishte, Georgi Markov, British intelligence, Bulgarian connection, looting of Soviet Union, Kroll Associates, rise of Russian PMCs in post-Cold War, South Africa, post Cold War Africa, Angola, Executive Outcome, Strategic Consultants, Viktor Bout, KGB as gangsters, KGB behind PMCs, chemical biological warfare smuggling, Far West Ltd, origins of Far West, GRU, General Yuri Gustev, Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian connection in GRU, psychological warfareFirst musical break (06:30): End of Cold War, break-up of Soviet UnionSecond musical break (1:02:00): rise of Russian PMCs & AfricaThird musical break (1:55:00): Far West Ltd overviewOriginal WACL series Part I: The Farm Podcast Mach II: World Anti-Communist League Pt.1 | The Farm | Steven Snider with Moss Robeson on Apple PodcastsOriginal WACL series Part II: The Farm Podcast Mach II: WACL II | The Farm | Steven Snider with Moss Robeson and Keith Allen Dennis on Apple PodcastsSecret History of International Fascism Part V: The Farm Podcast Mach II: The Secret History of International Fascism V: African Edition w/ George of cavdef & Recluse on Apple PodcastsThird Barbarossa:THIRD BARBAROSSA. By ANTON BAUMGARTEN (left.ru)Music by: Keith Allen DennisMusic | Keith Allen Dennis (bandcamp.com)Additional Music by: Corwin TrailsCorwin Trails (bandcamp.com)For Ed Coffman, aka Don Diligent. RIP. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Washington Post foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius speaks with former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates about the path forward in Ukraine nearly on year after Russia's invasion, the current international order and the geopolitical dynamics of the U.S-China relationship. Conversation recorded on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.

Michael piggybacks on the conversation Ray had with Chris Dowdy from the last hour. The topic remains issues the local school system. Robert Gates, former President Barack Obama's Secretary of Defense, slammed politicians' handling of classified information during an interview over the weekend where he also took a shot at President Joe Biden's handling of the war in Ukraine. House Republicans are gearing up to test the Democrats' stance on socialism this week as two members plan to introduce legislation that would condemn socialism as going against the foundation of the United States. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) claimed during an interview on Sunday that his past relationship with a suspected Chinese spy did not compromise U.S. national security.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, joins Meet the Press for an exclusive interview to discuss the Republican Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Fmr. Defense Sec. Robert Gates discusses the war in Ukraine amidst news that the U.S. will send M1 Abrams tanks to support the country in its efforts to thwart Russia's invasion.

Connaissez-vous notre site ? www.lenouvelespritpublic.frUne émission de Philippe Meyer, enregistrée au studio l'Arrière-boutique le 13 janvier 2023.Avec cette semaine :Nicolas Baverez, essayiste et avocat.Akram Belkaïd, journaliste au Monde diplomatique.Nicole Gnesotto, vice-présidente de l'Institut Jacques Delors.Richard Werly, correspondant à Paris du quotidien helvétique Blick. L'ÉTAT DU SYSTÈME DE SANTÉMédecins généralistes et laboratoires d'analyses médicales se sont mis successivement en grève, alors que tous les acteurs du système de santé dénoncent le délitement de leurs conditions de travail et la mise en danger des malades. C'est dans ce contexte que le président de la République a présenté ses vœux le 6 janvier au personnel médical depuis le centre hospitalier de Corbeil-Essonnes, tout en présentant les grandes lignes de son plan santé. Emmanuel Macron, qui a érigé la santé en priorité de son second quinquennat, a annoncé de nombreuses mesures de réorganisation plutôt que des moyens financiers supplémentaires. Il n'a pas annoncé le doublement du tarif de la consultation de 25 à 50 euros réclamé par une partie des libéraux en grève, mais entend libérer du temps aux médecins pour leur permettre d'augmenter leur file de patients. D'une part en accélérant le déploiement des assistants médicaux, dont le nombre devrait passer de 4.000 aujourd'hui à 10.000 en 2023. D'autre part en encourageant et accélérant la délégation de tâches, jusqu'ici réservées aux médecins, à d'autres professionnels de santé (pharmaciens, kinés, sage-femmes, infirmières, etc.). Emmanuel Macron a promis que « les 600.000 patients avec une maladie chronique qui n'ont pas aujourd'hui de médecin traitant auront accès d'ici la fin de l'année à un médecin traitant ou à une équipe traitante ». Certains ont salué un « diagnostic clair », un « calendrier précis », l'« ouverture de perspectives », la « sortie du déni ». D'autres pointent l'« absence d'engagements chiffrés », un « flou sur les alternatives » ou sur la « méthode ».Selon un sondage Elabe, pour « Les Échos », Radio Classique et l'Institut Montaigne, à l'heure où la population de médecins vieillit et où quelque 6 millions de Français sont sans médecin traitant, une majorité de sondés (53 %) estiment que le système de santé fonctionne assez mal ou très mal (contre 22 % en juin 2021). Un sondé sur 10 dit n'avoir aucun accès à un médecin généraliste, un spécialiste ou un hôpital. Le sentiment d'un dysfonctionnement est plus marqué chez les habitants des communes rurales, des petites et moyennes agglomérations. Les habitants des grandes agglomérations sont plus partagés. Près de trois Français sur quatre (73 %) ont le sentiment que le système « s'est dégradé » ces dernières années. Même ceux qui disent n'avoir pas de problème pour se soigner ou ceux qui jugent que le système fonctionne bien parlent en majorité de dégradation. Le sentiment de dégradation se retrouve aussi bien chez les électeurs de Jean-Luc Mélenchon (83 %) que ceux de Marine Le Pen (78 %) ou d'Emmanuel Macron (71 %). Il est aussi très fort chez les abstentionnistes (69 %). Interrogés sur les causes des problèmes actuels, les Français mettent en avant les manques tant de moyens des hôpitaux que de soignants, ainsi que les conditions de travail difficiles des soignants, pas assez bien payés. Le recours abusif aux urgences est aussi pointé du doigt (34 %). Près de trois Français sur quatre disent ne pas faire confiance à Emmanuel Macron et à son gouvernement pour régler les problèmes actuels du système de santé.***LA GUERRE SANS FIN EN UKRAINELa visite du président ukrainien à Washington, le 21 décembre, a permis à Kyiv de s'assurer du soutien américain, avec la promesse américaine de livrer aux Ukrainiens le système antiaérien Patriot. Le 10 janvier, l'UE et l'Otan se sont engagés à fournir aux Ukrainiens tous les moyens militaires nécessaires pour défendre leur pays. Des discussions sont prévues « la semaine prochaine » sur les types d'armes qui pourront être fournies, ont annoncé les dirigeants des deux organisations. Toutefois, la plupart des pays ont peu ou prou épuisé le soutien qu'ils pouvaient apporter à l'Ukraine, non pas en argent, mais en munitions. Les Ukrainiens tirent en moyenne 5.000 obus d'artillerie par jour. Or, les Américains produisent actuellement 14.000 obus par mois, à peu près autant que les Européens.Avec la frappe sur Makiivka, dans la nuit de la Saint-Sylvestre qui a fait chez les soldats russes 400 morts selon les Ukrainiens, 89 selon les Russes, la nouvelle année n'a pas commencé sous les meilleurs auspices pour Vladimir Poutine. Dans ce contexte, le scénario d'une nouvelle vague de mobilisation décrétée par le pouvoir russe n'a cessé de se renforcer. L'objectif pour Moscou serait de reprendre la main en 2023 sur un conflit qui lui échappe depuis bientôt onze mois. Exposant le plan que pourrait avoir en tête le président russe, le porte-parole du renseignement militaire ukrainien a affirmé le 7 janvier que « pas moins de 500.000 Russes » pourraient être enrôlés dans les forces armées à compter du 15 janvier. Y compris, cette fois, dans des grandes villes comme Moscou et Saint-Pétersbourg, moins touchées par la précédente vague de septembre.Alors que depuis six mois la Russie n'a plus conquis de ville, le 11 janvier, le patron de la milice Wagner, Evguéni Prigojine a annoncé la prise de la ville de Soledar voisine de Bakhmout dans l'oblast de Donetsk. Cette information n'a pas encore été confirmée par le Kremlin qui demeure prudent, laissant entendre que la commune n'était pas entièrement aux mains de son armée. Elle a été démentie par l'armée ukrainienne. Depuis le 17 mai, la ville de Bakhmout et sa région sont le théâtre de combats acharnés entre Russes et Ukrainiens.Mercredi, le ministère russe de la Défense a annoncé avoir de nouveau remplacé le commandant de son offensive en Ukraine, au général Sourovikine – le général Armageddon- succède le chef d'état-major des armées, le général Valéri Guerassimov, celui qu'Armageddon avait remplacé il y a à peine 3 mois.Dans le Washington Post, le 7 janvier, deux Républicains « classiques », l'ancienne secrétaire d'État Condoleezza Rice et l'ancien secrétaire à la Défense Robert Gates, assuraient que le temps ne joue pas en faveur de Kyiv et que la patience stratégique est durablement installée à Moscou.Vous pouvez consulter notre politique de confidentialité sur https://art19.com/privacy ainsi que la notice de confidentialité de la Californie sur https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Neo-Cons Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates reared theit ugly heads in an Op-Ed this weekend in Jeff Bezos' globalist publication "The Washington Post." They continue to advocate for arming and continuing the fight against Russia. They hint if we "don't stop Putin now, we could be involved militarily. WaPo article is here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/07/condoleezza-rice-robert-gates-ukraine-repel-russia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/07/condoleezza-rice-robert-gates-ukraine-repel-russia/When CRF members speak, you should pay very close attention. Email us: thefacthunter@mail.comWebsite: thefacthunter.com

Summary Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones (Website; Wikipedia) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss his book. He has studied American intelligence for 50 years. What You'll Learn Intelligence The CIA and the American presidents they served   The founding of the CIA just as America became a global superpower  Pearl Harbor, the USSR and covert action under Eisenhower Assassinations, controversy, the Church Committee, and 9/11 Reflections How much of the future can we predict Intention in history And much, much more… Episode Notes This week's guest, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, is Emeritus Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh. He has been studying American intelligence for half a century and has written a history of the CIA to coincide with its 75th anniversary, entitled: A Question of Standing.    This episode with Rhodri is a counterpoint to last week's episode with Robert Gates: a career historian and a career intelligence officer; a European and an American; a 70,000 feet view and a 30,000 feet one. Interestingly, they were born continents apart within almost a year of each other.   Rhodri is the author of over a dozen books, has a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, and grew up in Harlech, Wales.   And… Harlech, Wales, where Rhodri grew up, has the steepest street in the Northern Hemisphere. The steepest street in the Southern Hemisphere, and the world according to Guinness Records, is in Dunedin, New Zealand (Dunedin is Gaelic for Edinburgh). The steepest street in the continental United States is Canton Avenue in Pittsburgh (to celebrate its Welsh heritage the Steel City has a St. David's Society). Espionage in Welsh is ysbïo. Quote of the Week "CIA can't afford to rest on its laurels and continue with systems it has. It has to change all the time." – Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones Resources *Andrew's Recommendation* “Documents on Origins of CIA,” Truman Library [pdf] *SpyCasts* “The 75th Anniversary” – with Robert Gates (2022) *Beginner Resources* History of CIA, CIA (n.d.) [web] A Brief History of US-Iran Relations, ABC News (n.d.) [video] CIA Involvement in 1953 Iranian Coup, CNN (n.d.] [video] Iran & Guatemala, 1953-4, NYT (2003) [article] Books Covert Action & USFP, L. Johnson (OUP, 2022) A Brief History of the CIA, R. Immerman (Wiley, 2014) The [Dulles] Brothers, S. Kinzer (St. Martin's, 2014) Mighty Wurlitzer: How CIA Played America, H. Wilford (HUP, 2009) Countercoup: Struggle for Iran, K. Roosevelt (McGraw-Hill, 1979) Articles 64 Years Later CIA Releases Details of Iranian Coup, B. Allen-Ebrahimian, FP (2017) Video “The Nazi Spy Ring in America,” R. Jeffreys-Jones, SPY (2021) “Secrecy, Democracy & the Birth of the CIA,” H. Wilford, Great Courses (n.d.) Photo “The 1953 Iranian Coup,” Radio Free Europe Archives (2013) Documentary The Spymasters, Showtime (2015) CIA: Secret Wars, Part 1, Roche (2003) CIA: Secret Wars, Part 2, Roche (2003) Curatorial Pocket History of CIA, CIA (2014) Primary Sources History Staff Analysis: CIA & Guatemala Assassination Proposals, 1952-4 (1995) Iran 1953: Transcript of Interview with MI6 Officer Norman Darbyshire (1985) DCI Dulles to President Eisenhower (1953) Telegram from CIA to Station in Iran (1953) Telegram from Station in Iran to CIA (1953) Monthly Report, Directorate of Plans, CIA (1953) Memo from Deputy Director for Plans (Wisner) to DCI Dulles (1953) National Security Act (1947) Website Intelligence Milestones During Eisenhower Administration, Eisenhower Library (n.d.] *Wildcard Resource* Tom Paine (Common Sense, 1776), Alexis de Tocqueville (Democracy in America, 1835) and Mork from Ork (Mork & Mindy, 1978-82) are all outsiders, like Rhodri, looking in. What can each of them tell us about the United States? What can they tell us that people born within an ecosystem can't?

An overview of Russian cyber operations. The IT Army of Ukraine claims to have doxed the Wagner Group. Who dunnit? Lapsus$ dunnit. Emily Mossburg from Deloitte and Shelley Zalis of the Female Quotient on why gender equality is essential to the success of the cyber industry. We've got a special preview of the International Spy Museum's SpyCast's latest episode with host Andrew Hammond interviewing Robert Gates on the 75th anniversary of the CIA. And a look at the risk of stolen single sign-on credentials. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/181 Selected reading. Ukraine's IT Army hacks Russia's Wagner Group (Computing) Untangling the Russian web: Spies, proxies, and spectrums of Russian cyber behavior  (Atlantic Council) Security update | Uber Newsroom (Uber Newsroom) Tentative attribution in the Uber breach. (CyberWire) Uber says Lapsus$-linked hacker responsible for breach (Reuters) Uber blames security breach on Lapsus$, says it bought credentials on the dark web (ZDNET) Uber's breach shows how hackers keep finding a way in (Protocol) Uber attributes hack to Lapsus$, working with FBI and DOJ on investigation (The Record by Recorded Future) Uber data breach spotlights need for enterprises to ‘get the basics right', say experts (ITP.net) "Keys to the Kingdom" at Risk: Analyzing Exposed SSO Credentials of Public Companies (Bitsight)

Summary Robert Gates (Website; Website) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to reflect on the 75th Anniversary of the CIA. He served 8 U.S. presidents.  What You'll Learn Intelligence His reflections on the CIA at 75 How the CIA's story intersected with his own   His take on the organization's strengths and weaknesses  The complex intl. environment the CIA must now help America navigate Reflections Twists of fate Identity and institutions  And much, much more… Episode Notes Robert M. Gates is the first career officer in the CIA's history to rise from entry level employee to Director. He spent 27 years at CIA, nine of those at the NSC. More recently, he was the first Secretary of Defense to be asked to remain in office by a newly elected president. In all, he served 8 presidents.  Wouldn't you love to know his take on the CIA at 75? Well, we've made that happen for you! He was born in Wichita, Kansas, served in the U.S.A.F. and he received his undergraduate education at William & Mary, his masters from Indiana University, and his doctorate from Georgetown University. He was formerly the President of Texas A&M University and the current Chancellor of William & Mary.  And… The academic institutions Dr. Gates has been associated with all have quite different capacities of football stadium: Georgetown University's Cooper Field can hold 3,750; William & Mary's Zable Stadium can hold 12,259; Indiana University's Memorial Stadium can hold 52,626; and Texas A&M's Kyle Stadium can hold a whopping 102,733. What could we infer about Dr. Gates, college sports, or the United States from this information? Well, that would be thinking like an intelligence analyst. Quote of the Week "I've led four very big, very different institutions and like all of them I always saw where places where CIA could be better. But I always loved the place, and I always was proud to work there and proud of the people that I knew…they were probably the smartest, most honest people I've ever met and worked with." – Robert Gates. Resources *Andrew's Recommendation* “Reorganization in the Intel. Community,” DCI Gates (1992) Watch this prescient clip on historical naivete, or if you're hardcore, the entire congressional testimony *SpyCasts* “Dealing with Russia” – with Jim Olson (2022) “I was a Presidential Daily Briefer on 9/11” – with Mike Morell (2021) *Beginner Resources* History of CIA, CIA (n.d.) [website] CIA Director's Portrait Gallery, CIA (n.d.) [online gallery] Impact of President G.H.W. Bush's Foreign Policy, MSNBC (2018) [13 min. video] At 75, CIA Back Where it Started, Countering Kremlin, G. Myre, NPR (2022) [5 min. audio] Books Spymasters: CIA Directors, C. Whipple (S&S, 2020) Duty, R. Gates (Vintage, 2015) [Def. Sec. memoir] A World Transformed, Bush & Scowcroft (Knopf, 1998) From the Shadows, R. Gates (S&S, 1996) [CIA memoir] Power & Principle, Z. Brzezinski (FS&G, 1983) [Gates was Z.B.'s Special Asst. at the NSC during the Carter era] Articles A More Realistic Strategy for the Post-Cold War Era, R. Gates, WaPo (2022) Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, M. Warner, SII (1996)  Video Legacy of the G.H.W.B. Administration, CFR (2016) Book Talk: From the Shadows, R. Gates, C-Span (1996) Documentary The Spymasters, Showtime (2015) Curatorial Pocket History of CIA, CIA (2014) Primary Sources Biden Speech on 75th Anniversary of the CIA (2022) Robert Gates on CIA and Openness (1992) Nomination of Gates to be DCI (1991) Adm. Roscoe, First CIA Director Dies (1982)  CIA Review of the World Situation (1947) Lester to Truman re Centralized Intelligence (1947)  National Security Act (1947) *Wildcard Resource* North by Northwest (Hitchcock, 1959) We hear the first explicit mention of “CIA” in a major movie  “FBI. CIA. ONI. We're all in the same alphabet soup.”

Today's guest is a combat-decorated Special Forces veteran and congressman from Florida's 6th district. Mike Waltz served as a defense policy director for Secretaries of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates and as Vice President Dick Cheney's counterterrorism advisor between combat deployments to Afghanistan directly implementing policies and strategy on the front lines that he helped create in Washington, D.C. A Florida native, Congressman Waltz attended the Virginia Military Institute and served more than two decades in the U.S. Army conducting multiple combat tours in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Africa.  Today he continues to serve as a Colonel in the National Guard.  He is the author of the book WARRIOR DIPLOMAT: A GREEN BERET'S BATTLES FROM WASHINGTON TO AFGHANISTAN. The book's proceeds are donated to veterans' foundations. Mike is also a successful small business owner and is a frequent media contributor addressing issues related to foreign policy, intelligence and national defense.  He is also the author of the new children's book Dawn of the Brave. Today on Danger Close, Jack and Congressman Waltz look back at the American military's withdrawal from Afghanistan, one year later and more.  To learn more about Rep. Waltz you can visit his website  https://mikewaltz.com You can also follow him on Instagram @repmichaelwaltz and @michaelgwaltz and on Twitter @michaelgwaltz. Sponsors: Navy Federal Credit Union: Today's episode is presented by Navy Federal Credit Union. Learn more about them at navyfederal.org Black Rifle Coffee Company: Today's episode is also brought to you by Black Rifle Coffee Company. Check out the latest here.  SIG: This episode is sponsored by SIG Sauer. You can learn more about SIG here. Featured Gear Schnee's Boots: Today's featured gear segment is brought to you by Schnee's boots. When you shop at Schnees.com make sure you use promo code: JACK21. When you do, you'll save 10% off your pair of Schnee's boots and logo wear. Hooten Young Whiskey Horse Soldier Bourbon High West Whiskey Cross Hawks Slate Coaster Set Jack Carr Whiskey Glasses  Leather Crossed Tomahawks Coasters 

Former Defense Secretary and Director of the CIA, Dr. Robert Gates, sits down exclusively with One Decision and shares his prediction on how Beijing is likely to apply the lessons Russia learned in Ukraine. Gates began his years as an expert on the Soviet Union, and led the Agency after the fall of the USSR. With host Sir Richard Dearlove, former Chief of MI6 and host Julia Macfarlane, Gates weighs in on the current conflict, with a warning for the west. While Macfarlane pushes both Gates and Dearlove on whether Iraq can be considered a success, and the consequences of our failure to secure the peace in Afghanistan. 

Summary Peter Earnest spent 35 years in the CIA as a case officer and retired as its chief spokesman. He was the founding Executive Director of the International Spy Museum. What You'll Learn Intelligence Losing a friend in the line of duty vs. betrayal by a colleague  Using affability to your advantage Thoughts on the shift from classic espionage to counterterrorism for the CIA  The relationship between the CIA, the press and the public Reflections The origins of the International Spy Museum The role museums can play in fostering a sense of collective identity & esprit de corps  And much, much more… Episode Notes May 21st, 2022. The date of the Memorial Service at the International Spy Museum for Peter Earnest, the founding Executive Director of the museum and a 35-year veteran of the CIA and. In honor of him, his week's episode is an exit-interview he recorded with my predecessor, Vince Houghton, not long after Peter announced his retirement from the museum. Peter was a case officer at CIA for 25 years, largely in Europe and the Middle East, recruiting and running agents, and getting involved in covert actions, counterespionage, and double agent operations. He later went on to work in the Inspector General's office and as the CIA's Senate liaison, concluding his career as the CIA's chief spokesman.  What is it like being a nice guy in the murky world of intelligence? How does a tight-lipped case officer make the transition to chief spokesman? How did a museum on espionage and intelligence end up in Washington D.C.? Peter Earnest died on February 13, 2022. He will be sorely missed. And… Peter wrote the foreword for a 2011 edition of Boy Scout founder Robert Baden-Powell's classic book, My Adventures as a Spy, featuring chapters such as “Commercial Spying,” “Traitorous Spying,” and “How Spies Disguise Themselves.” The only CIA officer who came through the ranks to become Director, Robert Gates, was an Eagle Scout, as was the only Director of both the CIA and the FBI, Judge William Webster. Quote of the Week "There's a broad respect from museums by the American public they're distrustful of almost everything else, but the trust in museums is high, and so I think it's a place that some of those senior professionals refer to. If they've come down, they feel, it's, doing good work." – Peter Earnest Resources Headline Resource TRIBUTE: CIA Veteran Who Helped Launch the Spy Museum, Dies at 88, International Spy Museum, YouTube (2022) *SpyCasts Peter Earnest: My Life in the CIA (2012) Articles In Memoriam, Peter Earnest, 1934-2022, SPY (2022) CIA Veteran who Ran a Spy Museum, Dies at 88, NYT (2022) CIA Veteran Who Helped Launch Spy Museum, Dies at 88, H. Smith, WaPo (2022) Family of Spies, Washingtonian Magazine (2013) Books The Real Spy's Guide to Becoming a Spy, P. Earnest (Harper, 2009) Business Confidential: Lessons for Corporate Success from Inside the CIA, P. Earnest & M. Karinch (AMACOM, 2010)  Harry Potter and the Art of Spying, P. Earnest & S. Harper (Wise Ink, 2014) Primary Sources Soviet Defector Arkady Shevchenko Dies, WaPo (1998) Emily A. Earnest, Consular Office Obituary, WaPo (1994) CIA Officer Richard Welch Murdered in Athens, CIA (1975) CIA COS Richard Welch Murdered in Athens, Counterspy Magazine Blamed for his Death, British Pathe (1975) *Wildcard Resource* Colbert Classic, Spy Training with Peter Earnest, Comedy Central (2013) Go to 3:31 

“Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has ended America's thirty-year holiday from history,” Robert Gates opined in the Washington Post last month, referencing the United States' reentry into great-power conflict for the first time since the Cold War. No more salient words have been written on the U.S. role in the crisis.Russia's brutal military campaign against Ukraine and its horrifying war crimes have stunned the West, which has responded with unprecedented sanctions and aid to Ukraine. But what are the trend lines behind the headlines? Is there a diplomatic off-ramp to end the crisis? What are the internal implications for Putin's Russia and for NATO, China, and U.S. foreign policy?Aaron sits down with former U.S. secretary of defense Robert M. Gates to unpack these and other issues in the ongoing crisis.Want to listen to Carnegie Connects live? Visit our website to sign up for invitations.

In today's episode, I open by unpacking some of the comments President Joe Biden made in Brussels. It is distressing to see how irritated and angry he gets at the press when they reference his prior positions and he immediately denies it. He spends more time re-writing his own words and history than he does at finding ways to put American first. I remind you that Robert Gates, former Defense Secretary under President Barack Obama (while Joe Biden was VP), once said, “Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.” Based on what we've seen over the last 14 months in office, all we can say is at least Joe Biden is consistent – consistently wrong. The press conference does not instill a sense of firm resolve on the part of the United States. It does not send a clear message to the world or to Vladimir Putin for that matter. Rather than commit resources and logistics to Ukraine in a clear and concise way, he spent his time deriding the press and getting lost in the words emanating from his addled mind. Next, I spend a few minutes discussing the radical, far-left, dark money organization called Demand Justice. They spent over a billion dollars on democrats and radical causes in the last election cycle. They were the ones who ran a multi-million dollar ad campaign urging Justice Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court while they added the name Kentanji Brown Jackson to their short-list of acceptable candidates. In fact, one has to wonder, if Judge Jackson has the support of a rabid and radical dark money outfit like Demand Justice, she must tick the right boxes for their radical views of ripping up the Constitution and fundamentally transforming our nation. On a more uplifting note, I close with a sound bite from Christine Anderson, a member of Parliament for the European Union. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was there to address them and speak on behalf of democracy. In light of how he treated his own people and his professes love of Communist China, Anderson gave him the public greeting he deserved. Finally, my call to action is to not sit idly by any longer. We need to be more involved in local government, such as our city councils, school boards and county commissions. We need to be in touch with our state representatives on a more consistent basis. We need to be on top of our federal representatives, reminding them they are there to support the will of their constituents, not to “rule” their constituents. Do not let the talk of a “red wave” this mid-term election cycle get you feeling complacent. Make sure you vote! In fact, you should never take the vote for granted. Always do your civic duty and make sure to support Constitution minded candidates, while doing all we can to remove those who want to rip up that sacred document. Take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, GETTR and TRUTH Social by searching for The Alan Sanders Show.

In this episode, I open with a reminder of how a ruling party can rise to an autocratic regime. The steps are relatively simple. First, you declare your opposition as an enemy. This can be done by vilifying them via labeling along with the assistance of a complicit legacy media. With the narrative established and propaganda in place, it's time to manufacture a crisis. The crisis pits your enemies as a national emergency to the state. Once the crisis is in place, sweeping and supposedly temporary emergency actions are invoked to control the “crisis” and remove your enemy from the playing field. When the first round of dissent is censored, quelled and removed, it will be that much harder for the next round of citizens to stand. They will have seen their rights stripped and an all-powerful government standing over them. Why battle in the area of ideas when it's easier to label your opposition as an enemy, declare an emergency and then crush them? It doesn't matter if they have legitimate issues or even facts on their side. If you dare go against the established narrative, you will be made to suffer the consequences. This is what is happening in real-time in Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party will not tolerate dissent that goes against their agenda. Even with the “uprising” quelled, he will not say when the Emergencies Act will be rescinded. There are more assets to confiscate, more accounts to freeze, more fear to inject into the people to teach them a hard lesson. The rise of the autocracy is happening before our very eyes. We see this happening in our own country in the presidency of Joe Biden. It's been well documented that Biden chose to ignore the advice of his military commanders in the retreat from Afghanistan. The debacle ensued. He didn't want to hear a contrarian point of view. He already has all the answers. Even the former Defense Secretary under President Obama, Robert Gates, said Joe Biden has been wrong on nearly every foreign policy decision in the last 40 years. And let's not forget President Obama caught on a hot mic saying, “Never underestimate Joe Biden's ability to F things up.” It doesn't matter to a Leftist. They will not engage in the arena of ideas. They would rather label parents as domestic terrorists. They are moving to label players in new media as domestic terrorists with the online spread of mis- dis- and mal- information. Remember, it does not matter if what's been said is correct, factual and verifiable, you may not go against the approved narrative. To do so will get you labeled as an enemy of the state and your rights will no longer be existent. Remember, elites don't want the people to have all the information. They do not want information sources decentralized. They want to control the information and therefor the narrative. The patterns throughout history are there to see if you are truly willing to open your eyes to the rising tide of autocracy. Take a moment to rate and review the show and then share the episode on social media. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and GETTR by searching for the Alan Sanders Show.

Evropa a Spojené státy napjatě čekají, jestli dá ruský prezident Vladimir Putin rozkaz k invazi na Ukrajinu. Obecně platí, že západní politici i komentátoři si už dlouhá léta lámou hlavu, proč se Putin chová právě tak, jak se chová, podotýká v analýze pro britský deník Financial Times bývalý ředitel CIA a později i americký ministr obrany Robert Gates. Všechny díly podcastu Svět ve 20 minutách můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

About Today's GuestA Mississippi native, Jerry Maniscalco first picked up a guitar at 16 and he has been writing and performing original music ever since. In 2003, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating in 2007 and entering service as an SH-60B Seahawk pilot. During his time in the Navy--including 3 deployments and a remote tour--he found that music allowed him to unwind and escape. Jerry recorded two songs on Operation Encore's debut compilation album, the upbeat “Wake Up,” and Operation Encore's unofficial anthem, “We Are.”  He rejoined Operation Encore for their second album with “Waiting," written from the perspective of a pilot's spouse waiting for her husband to return home. Jerry continues to write music and play locally in the Jacksonville, Florida area. Links Mentioned In This EpisodeJerry Maniscalco on FacebookOperation EncoreJerry's Music on SpotifyPsychArmor Resource of the WeekThe PsychArmor resource for this week is the course What You Should Know About Transition. In this course, service members and Veterans receive an introduction to the transition process and the many tools and resources available to assist them throughout their transition journey.Dr. Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense, and Howard Schultz, Co-Founder of the Schultz Family Foundation, provide service members and Veterans with personal insight on the importance of building a transition plan, preparing a personal financial plan, and many other factors associated with transition from military service to the civilian sector. Sponsored by the Schultz Family Foundation, “What You Should Know about Transition” serves as an overview for a portfolio of courses available to help service members, Veterans and their families succeed during their transition. This Episode Sponsored By:This episode is sponsored by PsychArmor, the premier education and learning ecosystem specializing in military culture content. PsychArmor offers an online e-learning laboratory with custom training options for organizations.Join Us on Social Media PsychArmor on TwitterPsychArmor on FacebookPsychArmor on YouTubePsychArmor on LinkedInPsychArmor on InstagramTheme MusicOur theme music Don't Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities. Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families.  You can find more about the work that he is doing at www.veteranmentalhealth.com

Learning what it means to honor the fallen working under former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. How having a military connection can shape who you are. Turning a single Tweet on Memorial Day 2020 into a national movement with Travis Manion Foundation.Co-founder of The Honor Project Emily Domenech shares how a visit to Arlington National Cemetery set off an inspiring chain of events, and how this year, everyone will have a chance to actively participate in preserving the memory of our servicemen and women through TMF.  CONNECT with The Resilient Life Podcast:Instagram SUBSCRIBE Get the latest video podcast on YouTubeGet the latest audio podcastCONNECT Ryan Manion on Social Media:Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - LinkedIn  LEARN about Travis Manion FoundationMEET Emily DomenechTwitterInstagram

All 10 living former US Defense secretaries declared that the US presidential election is over in a forceful public letter published in The Washington Post on Sunday as President Donald Trump continues to deny his election loss to Joe Biden. The letter -- signed by Dick Cheney, James Mattis, Mark Esper, Leon Panetta, Donald Rumsfeld, William Cohen, Chuck Hagel, Robert Gates, William Perry and Ashton Carter -- amounts to a remarkable show of force against Trump's subversion efforts just days before Congress is set to count Electoral College votes.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Hugh covers the news of the morning and airs portions of his interview with Robert Gates, former Secretary of Defense, author of, “Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Robert Gates made history when he was asked to stay on as Secretary of Defense when President Barack Obama was elected into office. He shares details about the transition from serving President George W. Bush to President Obama, what he learned about leadership serving under eight presidents, and how his many governmental roles impacted his children.