In August of this year, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced the “Replicator Initiative” a new program to field thousands of less costly autonomous weapon systems. Aimed directly at offsetting China’s growing advantages in the Pacific, the ambitious program is set to deliver all within the next 18-24 months. Replicator is part of a growing concern that, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Charles Q. Brown framed the issue while still Chief of the Air Force, the Pentagon must, "Accelerate, change or lose."
But is the defense industry able to deliver on that promise? With new defense programs taking sometimes a decade or more to reach the battlefield, what is needed to transform the way the pentagon develops new technology? Can it keep up with the accelerating pace of change especially drones and AI?
To answer these questions and more, host John Sorensen speaks with:
Mike Brown who served as the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit at the Department of Defense. He also led the DoD-sponsored investment group, National Security Innovation Capital (NSIC) to fund dual-use technology companies. Prior to working in government, Brown served as the CEO of Symantec, Quantum, and Chairman of EqualLogic. He is currently a partner at the dual-use venture capital firm, Shield Capital and a visiting scholar at Stanford University.
Retired Rear Admiral Lorin Selby, who until this year was the Navy’s Chief of Naval Research. He has also served as a submarine officer, in acquisitions, as a nuclear engineer, and as Deputy Director in the Navy Office of Legislative Affairs, for the House.
And Steve Blank, adjunct professor at Stanford and a co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. He is an entrepreneur and founder of multiple startups in Silicon Valley, the author of “The Four Steps to the Epiphany” credited with launching the Lean Startup movement, and most recently, “The Startup Owner’s Manual.”
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On today’s episode we return to an interview with Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President for Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and the author of “Gaza Conflict 2021: Hamas, Israel and Eleven Days of War”.
Host John Sorensen and RealClearDefense editor David Craig spoke with Schanzer in November of 2021 about an attack from earlier that year when Hamas launched more than four thousand rockets and mortars toward Israel killing 12 and injuring more than 100. Retaliatory Israeli air strikes resulted in the deaths of more than 200, including at least 129 civilians, and nearly 2000 injured, according to the United Nations.
Schanzer details how the media covered the 2021 conflict, Iran's critical support for Hamas, and what Hamas’ strategy in Gaza means for the region.
As China’s military capabilities grow, discussions about the US posture in the Pacific often return to the question how large a force does the US need to deter or possibly confront the Chinese Navy? If China were to launch an attack on Taiwan, how do the US and Chinese navies match up?
To find out, “Hot Wash” host John Sorensen speaks with Tom Shugart an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. During his twenty-five years in the US Navy, Shugart served as a submarine warfare officer on both fast attack and ballistic missile submarines, including as commander of the attack submarine USS Olympia from 2013 to 2016. He also served on the Joint Staff as the principal officer responsible for nuclear strike planning, as well as in the Defense Department’s Office of Net Assessment.
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In this re-airing of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” host John Sorensen and RCD Editor David Craig speak with Elbridge Colby, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development under President Trump, and the lead official in the development of the 2018 National Defense Strategy. He is the co-founder and principal of The Marathon Initiative, a non-profit research organization focused on developing US strategy.
Most recently Colby is the author of "The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict" in which he lays out the case for challenging China’s rise and preparing the US to defend the region.
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On the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” host John Sorensen speaks with Dr. Peter Feaver, a long-time researcher of civil-military affairs about his new book, a comprehensive study of public attitudes towards the military called, “Thanks for Your Service: The Causes and Consequences of Public Confidence in the US Military.” He is also a professor of political science and public policy at Duke University, has served twice on the National Security Council staff, and as an intelligence officer in the Navy Reserves.
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On the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” John Waters speaks with veteran, entrepreneur, and author Mike Erwin about applying lessons from the military to positive leadership off the battlefield. Erwin is a graduate of West Point and served as an Intelligence Officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, earning two Bronze Stars. After studying positive psychology and leadership at the University of Michigan he founded “Team Red, White, and Blue” a nonprofit connecting veterans through physical and social activity. He is also the author of two books on leadership, “Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leaders Through Solitude” and most recently, “Leadership is a Relationship: How to Put People First in the Digital Age.”
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As Republican candidates prepare for the debate in Ohio, does the GOP have a China strategy? In a recent piece for the Wall Street Journal, Republican Congressman from Wisconsin, Mike Gallagher challenges the candidates and the party to confront as he puts it, “America’s greatest geopolitical threat.” RealClearDefense contributor John Waters, and guest columnist Stephen Young, speak with Gallagher about developing a clearer strategy to deter China.
Read Rep. Mike Gallagher's article in the Wall Street Journal, "GOP Presidential Candidates Need to Talk About China"
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RealClearDefense contributor John Waters speaks with Wall Street Journal National Security reporter Brett Forrest about his new bestselling book, "Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI’s Secret Wars.” Expanding on his investigation for the Journal, Forrest explores the disappearance of Billy Reilly, a gifted civilian who volunteered as an undercover FBI source inside Russia. When their son went missing, Reilly’s parents were shut out of the investigation by the FBI and turned to Forrest to uncover what happened.
Brett Forrest is a national security reporter for The Wall Street Journal where his work often focuses on the former Soviet Union. He has covered the war in Ukraine and was the first reporter to enter the Kiev suburb of Bucha following the Russian military’s withdrawal, where he broke the news of alleged atrocities.
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The war in Ukraine has rapidly reshaped how strategists think about the modern battlefield, especially the use of drones, cyber, social media, and the importance of electronic warfare. Looking at a potential conflict with China, what would a military confrontation over Taiwan look like in this new technological era?
On this episode of “Hot Wash,” host John Sorensen speaks with Retired Australian Army Major General Mick Ryan. Ryan is a frequent commentator on the transformation of warfare. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is a graduate of the US Marine Corps Command and Staff College, the USMC School of Advanced Warfare, and is an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is also the author of the nonfiction book “War Transformed,” and most recently the author of a new fiction book, “White Sun War: The Campaign for Taiwan.”
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On today's Takeaway: RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss GOP presidential candidates heading to the Iowa State Fair in a presidential primary rite of passage, Gov DeSantis stuck in a negative media cycle, and the political fallout from a missed penalty kick in Women's World Cup soccer.
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On today’s “Hot Wash,” CNN’s Jake Tapper talks about his new fiction thriller “All the Demons Are Here” about an AWOL US Marine back from the Vietnam War and lost in the chaos of the 1970’s. We also discuss his nonfiction book, “The Outpost” about the heroism and tragedy of one of the deadliest battles in the Afghanistan War, and the coverage of the current Russian war against Ukraine.
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Welcome to the first episode of BLUF: Bottom Line Up Front, presented by Real Clear Defense, in which we ask a member of Congress 7 questions that cut to the chase of what they’re doing and why they’re doing it.
Today we hear from Republican Congressman Mark Green of Tennessee, who graduated from West Point, served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army, and later became an army physician serving in Afghanistan and Iraq. Today, he chairs the House Committee on Homeland Security and sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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On today's Takeaway: RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss Vice President Kamala Harris' heads to Florida to respond to state educational standards on history of slavery, Donald Trump awaits notification of his third indictment, and former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer expected to testify that Hunter put then VP Biden on speaker phone with business associates including executives of Burisma, at least two dozen times.
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This week's Takeaway news roundup looks at Trump's potential indictment in the false electors case, Sen Tommy Tuberville's hold on choosing a new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and a new poll from RealClearOpinion Research and Emerson College Polling revealing public attitudes toward NATO, China, Russia, and funding for the military. Host John Sorensen is joined by Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RCP, Carl Cannon, Washington Bureau Chief, and Spencer Kimball, Executive Director of Polling at Emerson College Polling.
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Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film “Oppenheimer” opens this weekend. For the story behind one of America’s most consequential and controversial scientific minds in his own words, listen to a mini-audio documentary about Robert Oppenheimer: his connections to the Communist party, his troubled relationship with President Truman, and the legacy of his work on the most devastating invention of the 20th century.
This episode of the RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash" is sponsored by Pratt & Whitney. Pratt & Whitney’s F135 Engine Core Upgrade leverages the expertise and capabilities of RTX while saving taxpayers $40B—it’s the smart decision for the F-35.
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss Gov. DeSantis dropping poll numbers, Trump's resiliency with his supporters, RFK Jr.'s appeal in the Democratic party and the possibility of a third party challenger in the 2024 presidential election.
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On today's "Hot Wash," RCD contributor John Waters talks to the authors of a new book, “Unwavering: The Wives Who Fought To Ensure No Man Is Left Behind.” It is the story of how the wives of prisoners of war and those missing in action during the Vietnam War compelled the military and the U.S. government to change policy, and focused a nation on the unfinished business of a war it would rather forget. Symbolized by the rapidly ubiquitous black POW/MIA flags around the country, the movement fundamentally changed how America thought about those lost in combat and its obligation to those left behind.
Taylor Kiland is a former naval officer, the third generation in her family to serve in the Navy, and the author of two other books about our nation’s POWs. Judy Gray is a former correspondent for the Tampa Tribune who has published five books on military topics. A retired Coast Guard chief petty officer, she is also the third generation in her family to serve in the military.
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On Friday June 23rd Yevgeny Prighozin, the leader of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, took to Telegram to announce that he would, “march for justice” to stop the Russian defense ministry “evil”. By Saturday morning Wagner forces had claimed control of Rostov-on-Don, the Russian military headquarters near the Ukrainian border. His forces proceeded in a convoy into Russia toward Moscow, getting to within 200 km of the capital. Putin declared him a traitor and seemed destined for a bloody showdown. Then in a dizzying turn it was announced that Prighozin would be allowed to retire to Belarus and his troops disbanded.
To try and understand what happened and what it means for Putin’s hold on power in Russia, "Hot Wash" host John Sorensen speaks with Kathryn Stoner, the Mosbacher Director at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at the Hoover Institution. Her most recent book is "Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order."
Read Kathryn Stoner's article in the Atlantic, "Why Putin Let Prigozhin Go"
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Did the Cold War really end? As recently as this week, the New York Times confirmed that in 2020 Russian intelligence attempted to assassinate a defector on US soil, crossing a major red line even during the height of the Cold War. On today’s episode of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash” host John Sorensen and RCD contributor John Waters speak with Calder Walton, the historian who uncovered that attempted assassination and the author of a new book, “SPIES: The Epic Intelligence War Between the East and West.” Using archival evidence declassified as recently as 2022, Walton looks at the 100-year espionage competition among the Soviet, American and British intelligence services. By comparing each side’s internal secrets the book reveals double agents, the tactics of disinformation, covert action, and assassinations. How did espionage shape the Cold War?
Walton is the Assistant Director of the Harvard Belfer Center's Applied History and Intelligence Project. He is also the author of the three-volume Cambridge History of Espionage and Intelligence and Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War, and the Twilight of Empire.
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On today's "Hot Wash," RCD contributor John Waters talks to the authors of one the site's most popular recent articles, “The Navy SEAL Who Went to Ukraine Because He Couldn’t Stop Fighting.” The tortured story of Daniel Swift, a decorated Navy SEAL who went AWOL, only to end up on the frontlines of Ukraine's war with Russia. It's a story about the complicated relationship some of America's most experienced veterans have with combat, the challenges of returning home, the desire to make a difference, and the pull to return to the fight. Brett Forest and Ian Lovett are journalists for the Wall Street Journal who cover Ukraine.
Read the article here,“The Navy SEAL Who Went to Ukraine Because He Couldn’t Stop Fighting.”
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss the polls in the Georgia runoff election between Sen Warnock and Herschel Walker and why one extra seat motivates the Democrats more than Republicans. Also, will Pres. Biden run again? Tom and Carl make a bet!
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On today's episode of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” we look at the context behind Putin's catastrophic decision to invade Ukraine. What does the history of Russia's post-Soviet wars tell us about the current conflict? Is Putin really playing 3-dimensional chess? Or has he blundered into a disaster of his own making, victim of an increasingly small information bubble?
Host, John Sorensen speaks with Mark Galeotti, a prolific longtime observer of Russian history, defense and security issues. He is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of International Relations Prague, a Senior Assoc Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, and the principle director at Mayak Intelligence, a consultancy firm specializing in Russia. And most recently he is the author of a new book, “Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine.”
On this edition of the RealClear Defense podcast Hot Wash, an encore interview from September 2022 looking at the War in Ukraine. Host John Sorensen speaks with retired Marine Colonel Andrew Milburn, Founder and CEO of the Mozart Group, an organization that is training Ukrainian frontline units in the war against Russian occupation. Milburn retired from the Marine Corps as a colonel in 2019. His last position in uniform was as deputy commander of Special Operations Command Central, and prior to that, commanding officer of the Marine Raider Regiment and Combined Special Operations Task Force–Iraq. He is also the author of a memoir about his 30 years of service in the Corps, called “When The Tempest Gathers”.
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On today’s episode of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” host John Sorensen, and RCD contributor John Waters speak with journalist and combat veteran Ben Kesling about his new book, “Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath”.
It is the story of one unit of the famed 82nd Airborne, their tour in Kandahar’s notorious Arghandab Valley and the impact on their lives in the years after. By the end of their deployment, three soldiers had been killed in action, a dozen more grievously injured, and nearly half the company awarded Purple Hearts. In the decade since, two more have died by suicide, with a dozen others attempting, and still more admitting they had considered it. It is a story about the lasting price of war and how to help those who have paid it.
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan is joined by RCP White House Correspondent Philip Wegmann to discuss Trump's big announcement tonight, Mike Pence's new book, and the race for Speaker of the House.
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On today's episode of the RealClearPolitics Takeaway co-founder and president of RealClear Tom Bevan, Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon, and RCP White House Correspondent Philip Wegmann discuss this week's midterm election results. Was it a, "disaster for Republicans?" Did the polls misread voters? What do the results mean for the 2024 presidential race?
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss to discuss Democrats' Tuesday's results in an unusual midterm election. Democrats clearly outperformed projections, but several races remain undecided and much of the data is still unclear. Republicans are likely to take the House with a minimal majority, and the Senate remains on a knife's edge possibly into December. How will the slim margins affect the likely House Speaker McCarthy's ability to lead Republicans? Will McConnell return to the Majority Leader's chair in the Senate? How will a seeming rejection of some of Trump's endorsed candidates affect his power to shape the 2024 election?
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It's Election Day 2022, and RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss the midterms.
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On today’s episode of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” RCD contributor John Waters speaks with Bill Bee and Wills Robinson the authors of “The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War On Terror.”
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On the RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash", host John Sorensen and RCD Contributor John Waters speak with Stephanie Savell, the Co-Director of the Costs of War project at the Watson Institute for International Relations at Brown University. Savell is an anthropologist, who researches militarism, security, and civic engagement in relation to the United States post-9/11 wars. The Costs of War project takes an interdisciplinary approach to ask what are the real total costs of war? Have the post-9/11 conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan improved those nations or left them worse off for the American interventions? What are the combined costs of using the military when you include financing the "military industrial complex," the costs of financing that borrowing, the long term medical care of veterans, the impact on communities, and all the ripples that 20 years of war sends through a society?
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss the 2022 midterms. With only three weeks to go, huge numbers in early voting indicate that this election will be a high turnout midterm. Will debates move the needle when a significant portion of voters have already cast their votes?
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On today's episode of the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" host John Sorensen and RCD contributor Todd Carney, speak with Jason Kander, veteran, politician and most recently author of “Invisible Storm: A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD”
In 2006, Kander served as a military intelligence officer in Afghanistan for the Army Reserve. After returning to civilian life, Kander entered politics serving in his home state of Missouri’s House of Representatives in 2008, and then in 2012 as the Missouri Secretary of State. In 2016 he ran for Missouri’s Senate seat, narrowly losing to Republican Roy Blunt by a small margin in a state where President Trump beat Hillary Clinton by more than 18 points. He became a rising star in the Democratic party with speculation about a presidential run. In 2018 he ran for mayor of Kansas City, but in a dramatic turn dropped out of the race citing symptoms of PTSD and depression.
Currently, he co-Hosts with Ravi Gupta the progressive political podcast Majority 54. And is the president of national expansion at Veterans Community Project, a non-profit supporting homeless veterans.
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On this Friday's news roundup, The Takeaway looks at the RealClear poll averages less than 5 weeks out from the 2022 midterms. What are the options for Democrats to retain control of the House and the Senate in the remaining weeks before the election? What are the prospects for Republicans to take both houses? Also this week, a new RealClear Opinion Research survey conducted in concert with Catholic television network EWTN looks at American Catholics' attitudes toward President Biden and the top political issues. And Susan Crabtree profiles Senator Tim Scott. Is he positioning himself for a 2024 presidential run?
Guest host John Sorensen is joined by Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics, Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon, and Susan Crabtree, national and White House correspondent.
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On today's RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash," host John Sorensen and RCD Editor David Craig, talk with Jamie Roberts, the director of a new documentary on HBO/Max “Escape From Kabul” about the chaotic evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan in August of last year. The documentary uses never before seen archival footage and interviews with participants and eyewitnesses from the Marines on the ground to the Taliban forces who took over the city. Roberts is also the director of “Four Hours at the Capitol” about the January 6 riot.
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss "October Surprises" in the Georgia and Pennsylvania Senate races. Plus, Elon Musk proposes a compromise between Ukraine and Russia sparking a firestorm in the Twitterverse.
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RealClearPolitics Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon joins RCP White House Correspondent Philip Wegmann to discuss Democrats' prospects for the midterms. What are the White House plans to try and retain control of the House?
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Today on the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash” RCD editor David Craig, contributor John Waters, and host John Sorensen speak with retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller, about holding the political and military leadership accountable for the chaotic withdrawal and ultimate Taliban victory in Afghanistan. Scheller, an infantry officer who in part became well known for viral videos on Facebook in which he criticized command for the pull out, is now the author of a new memoir looking at his 17 years in the corps, Crisis of Command: How We Lost Trust and Confidence in America’s Generals and Politicians. Can there be accountability for the failures in Afghanistan?
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RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon speaks with Ken and Daryl Weber, the authors of the new RealClear Publishing book, "Branding Democrats: A Top-to-Bottom Reimagining of Campaign Strategies." The father and son team of Ken Weber political strategist and commentator and his son Daryl Weber, a marketing and branding expert, prescribe a radical new approach for the Democratic Party.
RealClearDefense Contributor John Waters and "Hot Wash" host John Sorensen speak with Michael Gordon national security correspondent at the Wall Street Journal, about his new book “Degrade and Destroy: The Inside Story of the War Against the Islamic State, From Barack Obama to Donald Trump.”
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This week a look at the documentary, “Who Killed Lt. VanDorn?”
In a January 2014 training exercise off the coast of Virginia, pilot Lt. Wes VanDorn, his co-pilot Lt. Sean Snyder, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Brian Collins died when VanDorn’s MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter caught fire and crashed into the frigid Atlantic. The MH-53E is the Navy’s largest, oldest, and most deadly aircraft.
Today, we speak with Zach Stauffer, director of the feature documentary, “Who Killed Lt. VanDorn?” which explores Wes’s story and the investigation into why this aging aircraft with a known deadly track record continues to fly.
We are also joined by Wes’ widow Nicole VanDorn whose efforts helped spur the inquiry into the institutional failings that led to her husband’s death, and by Chris Humme, Navy mechanic and aircraft maintainer on the MH-53E.
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Despite improving gas prices, inflation continues unabated driving Biden's plummeting poll numbers. RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss the democrats' current strategy.
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Today on the RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash", host John Sorensen and RCD contributor John Waters talk to Retired Marine Major Fred Galvin about his new book, “A Few Bad Men: The True Story of US Marines Ambushed in Afghanistan and Betrayed in America.”
Galvin enlisted in the Marine Corps as a 17-year-old and quickly deployed to combat in the Persian Gulf. A few years later, he commissioned as a Marine officer and served with elite infantry, reconnaissance, and force reconnaissance units. In early 2007, Maj. Galvin deployed to eastern Afghanistan to lead the first Marine Special Operations (MARSOC) task force in combat. Shortly after deploying, Galvin and his men found themselves in an ambush along Highway 1 in Bati Kot. Before they had even returned to their base, accusations of killing civilians rocketed through the media. Galvin was removed from command and faced a Court of Inquiry, the first for the Marines in 65 years. Ultimately cleared of all accusations, Galvin’s story touches on the complicated and sometimes adversarial relationship between the Marine Corps and its special operations units.
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On today’s RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash", RCD Editor David Craig and Contributor John Waters speak with retired four-star Admiral James Stavridis about his new book, “To Risk It all: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision.” It's a gripping collection of stories of Naval heroes demonstrating how to make decisions under pressure. As much a book about leadership as it is naval history, Stavridis' profiles demonstrate key elements of successful decision making regardless of the arena.
During his more than 30 years in the US Navy, Stavridis served as Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, as well as commander of a destroyer squadron, and an aircraft carrier battle group in combat. He also holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he recently served as dean. He is currently the Vice Chair for Global Affairs at the Carlyle Group and the Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Rockefeller Foundation.
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss the political impasse over the all too familiar tragedy of the Uvalde, TX school shooting. Is there a way out of the loop of politicization and inaction?
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Today on the RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash", RCD Editor David Craig looks at competing with China’s military on the technology front. The US military has long enjoyed dominance in its ability to leverage connected communications and data for its warfighters, but peer competitors like China could challenge the US in crucial areas like advanced computing and Artificial Intelligence. The Defense Department’sJoint All-Domain Command and Control project, or JADC2 is an ambitious attempt to integrate data, sensors, weapon platforms, and communication across all services and domains. The number of unique devices and protocols that need to be connected is staggering. What will it take to create a “Network of Networks?” And will it help win the Tech War with China?
To find out we are joined by Daniel Goure, Senior Vice President with the Lexington Institute. He served as the director of the Office of Strategic Competitiveness in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and most recently is the author of an article for 1945, “The Undeclared US-China Technology War.”
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss President Obama's return visit to the White House. Did he upstage President Biden?
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On the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash”, RealClearDefense editor David Craig speaks with retired Army Colonel and former General Counsel at US Cyber Command about Cyber and the Russian war in Ukraine. Corn is also a professor at the American University Washington College of Law's Tech, Law and Security program. What are the implications for the law of war, and how cyber might provoke larger NATO involvement in the war?
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Today on the RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash," host John Sorensen and RCD contributor John Waters speak with Matthew Cole about his new book, “Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team 6." Cole is an investigative journalist at ‘The Intercept’ and has covered national security since 2005, traveling extensively in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East to cover American conflicts and U.S. intelligence operations.
In the book Cole details a long history of alleged wrongdoing including war crimes by members of the Navy’s SEAL Team Six and efforts to cover-up that behavior demonstrating a fundamental flaw in the Unit’s culture.
Officially designated Naval Special Warfare Development Group or DEVGRU, everyone knows them as SEAL Team 6, and they are far from secret, spawning a whole genre of tell all books by former members, and fictionalized accounts of dramatic missions portrayed in films and television. Has public hero worship and the military’s extensive reliance on these highly skilled operators over the past two decades allowed them to be largely immune to oversight, obeying a different set of rules? Is there a problem with SEAL team culture?
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Today on the RealClearDefense podcast "Hot Wash", host John Sorensen and RCD Editor David Craig continue coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine by speaking to David Lasseter, former Deputy Assitant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction and a visiting Fellow at the National Security Institute. He is also recently the author of an article on RealClearDefense, “Putin’s Disinformation & Opportunity: Weapons of Mass Destruction.”
Putin has put Russia's nuclear forces on alert, but are chemical and biological weapons more likely threats in Ukraine? How does Putin’s history of using disinformation affect calculations calculations of possible escalations?
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On the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash”, in light of what appears to be a full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the largest conventional conflict in Europe since WWII, we’ve asked Ben Connable to return to update us on his views of this rapidly evolving situation, and to discuss his recent commentary on RealClearDefense “Will the Ukrainians Fight?”
RealClearDefense editor David Craig speaks with Dr. Ben Connable, a retired Marine Corps intelligence officer, a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, and adjunct professor of security studies at Georgetown University.
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On the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash”, host John Sorensen and RealClearDefense contributor John Waters speak with Dr. Ben Connable, a retired Marine Corps intelligence officer, a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council, adjunct professor of security studies at Georgetown University. And author of an article for RealClearDefense, “Troop-to-Task: A Russian Invasion of Ukraine.” What would it actually take for Putin to invade and occupy Ukraine and what are the risks for Russia?
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RealClearPolitics Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon joins RCP White House Correspondent Philip Wegmann to discuss President Biden's management of the German role in the Ukraine crisis while balancing a host of other challenges, from COVID to inflation.
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss the anti-COVID mandate protests in Canada? Working class grassroots opposition or "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy"?
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss the Washington Football Team's new name, and CNN President Jeff Zucker's surprise exit from the network after revelations that he had an undisclosed relationship with a subordinate.
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss the battle between Joe Rogan and Neil Young on Spotify. Rock musician Neil Young has removed his catalog of music from the streaming service Spotify, due to interviews with anti-vaccine guests on Joe Rogan's highly listened to podcast. Young says he's protesting Spotify's support for COVID misinformation. Rogan claims he is simply talking to people with a wide range of perspectives.
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In this episode of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash”, host John Sorensen and RCD contributor John Waters speak with journalist and author Toby Harnden about his new book, “First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11."
Based on original interviews with CIA officers, paramilitary and special forces members of the small team inserted into Afghanistan after 9/11, Harnden tells the riveting story of the amazing individuals who allied with the Northern Alliance to take Mazar-i-Sharif and ultimately topple the Taliban in the early days of the war. It is also the story of the death of Mike Spann, the CIA officer who would become the first American casualty of a 20 year war.
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss President Biden's comment about a White House reporter caught on a hot mic. Is it part of increasing antipathy between the press and the President? Is Biden's antagonism being treated in the media the same way his predecessor was or is there a double-standard?
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This week the panel looks at the one-year anniversary of Joe Biden’s presidency and his marathon press conference. Also, a look at a new book from John Della Volpe, Director of polling at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics and RealClear Opinion Research, “Fight: How Gen Z is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America.” Based on extensive focus groups and polling, the book investigates the issues and events that motivate Gen Z. With increasing rates of voter participation in 2018 and 2020, how will Gen Z change politics?
With host John Sorensen, RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan, Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon, and Director of polling at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics and RealClear Opinion Research John Della Volpe.
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Although the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act funding the military passed with bipartisan support, the appropriations bill has not. This puts the entire military and much of the intelligence community under a Continuing Resolution since October 1, freezing new spending, stalling dozens of major programs, and holding spending military-wide to 2021 levels. In a time of rising inflation, the effect is actually a major cut. Now, some members of Congress are proposing extending the Continuing Resolution for up to a year.
What would that mean for defense? Is there a way through the impasse?
To find out we are joined by, Retired Marine Major General Arnold Punaro, CEO at the Punaro Group, a firm specializing in federal budget and market analysis. He is Formerly the Chairman of the National Defense Industrial Associationa member of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, director of National Security Affairs for Senator Sam Nunn, as well as Staff Director of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Before rising to Major General, he served as an Infantry Platoon Commander in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star for valor and the Purple Heart.
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan speaks with Pete Hegseth, host of FOX & Friends Weekend about his new series on Fox Nation, "The Miseducation of America".
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss President Biden's trip to Atlanta where he is expected to speak on the need to overturn the filibuster rules in the Senate in order to pass the Democratic election reform agenda. And what does it mean for the administration that Stacy Abrams, Democratic frontrunner for Georgia Governor, will be MIA from the President's visit?
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Welcome to 2022, where heavy snow in the Washington area trapped cars for nearly 20 hours on one of the area's major highways, a fitting metaphor for the political traffic jam that continues to freeze the Democratic agenda in Congress. RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss the start of 2022, surging omicron, and Senate leader Chuck Schumer's threats to change the filibuster.
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RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon to discuss White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki's announcement that President Biden intends to run in 2024. What does it mean for the field and for the Democratic Party?
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"Congress must untie Biden's hands on Taiwan" by Rep. Elaine Luria
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"Detainee 001" Available on Showtime
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Rep. Elaine Luria's Op Ed: Congress Must Untie Biden's Hands on Taiwan
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RCP Poll: How a Divided U.S. Views Its Armed Forces and Their Role
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More than a year and a half into the pandemic, COVID-19 cases are once again surging. The highly infectious Delta variant has led to spikes in new cases across the country. Over the past two weeks the nationwide rate of COVID deaths per day almost doubled. And the confirmed total number of deaths is more than 614,000 Americans.
Last week, considering new data on the more contagious Delta variant, the CDC issued new guidance, including for vaccinated individuals, to resume indoor mask use in areas of substantial or high transmission. Perhaps most controversially with only a few weeks before schools resume, the CDC recommended, “universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to schools, regardless of vaccination status.”
To put it mildly, this is not where most Americans hoped we would be in the second half of 2021
Although 70% of adults have had at least one vaccination (a month past Biden’s targeted goal), the reluctance of a significant number of Americans to be vaccinated has shifted the conversation from encouraging to mandating. Starting in mid-September, NYC will require proof of at least one vaccination for employees and customers for indoor dining and a host of other activities.
And several large private businesses such as Microsoft, Google, Netflix, and Salesforce are going to be requiring vaccinations to return to work. CNN announced that it has already fired 3 employees for returning without vaccinations.
At the same time, conservative Governors such as Greg Abbott in Texas and Ron DeSantis in Florida are taking the opposite approach, banning their states from imposing similar restrictions.
Once again are we seeing two Americas, the masked vs unmasked, vaccinated vs unvaccinated? And will the surge in cases shift those opinions at all?
Tom Bevan co-founder and president, Carl Cannon Washington Bureau Chief, and Sean Trende, Senior Elections Analyst join guest host John Sorensen to discuss pandemic fatigue, mandating vaccinations and much more on this week's Friday podcast.
RCP Poll: Patriotic Feeling Abides, But Its Expression Varies Widely
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RCP Poll: Patriotic Feeling Abides, But Its Expression Varies Widely
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Is the long-awaited, much anticipated, highly elusive infrastructure compromise at hand? On Thursday morning, President Biden and a swarm of US Senators said yes, but within two hours Biden appeared at a second press conference and said maybe not. We also look at the future of American education: what have parents learned during the pandemic, and what will teachers be teaching this fall? Andy Smarick, Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and chair of the Maryland Higher Education Commission, Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics and Carl Cannon, Washington Bureau Chief join moderator Andrew Walworth on today’s RealClearPolitics Takeaway.
The 2020 election was one of the most contentious elections in American history. Professors Andrew E. Busch and John J. Pitney Jr. of Claremont McKenna College join moderator Andrew Walworth to discuss their new book, Divided We Stand: The 2020 Elections and American Politics in the first of a two-part interview on The RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast. The second installment will be available on April 22.
One year ago the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. RealClearPolitics co-founder and president Tom Bevan joins RCP Washington Bureau Chief Carl Cannon ask whether we've turned a corner with the vaccine. When will Americans be able to return to normal and what does that mean? Are scientists being too cautious in describing a post-vaccine world? President Biden passed his massive relief package in the Senate without blowing up the filibuster. What does this achievment mean for politics going forward?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ted Cruz agree that something must be done in reaction to the restriction of trading in GameStop and other stocks. Is this the unity that Joe Biden promised? Also, a look at the teachers' unions and their position on opening schools during the current Covid pandemic. And this week, Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer agree on a power sharing arrangement. Andrew Walworth hosts a discussion with Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon and RCP Education Editor Nathan Harden on today's RealClearPolitics Takeaway podcast.
Karen Tumulty, columnist for the Washington Post, joins the panel to discuss Biden's most recent cabinet appointees, including Mayor Pete Buttigieg for Secretary of Transportation and Jennifer Granholm for Energy Secretary. Also, will President Biden use executive orders to advance his agenda, or will he try to work with Congress to pass legislation? Progressives would like to see Biden employ a "Day One" strategy, bypassing the Senate. Also, what will the inaugural look like in the era of Covid 19 - it promises to be a mostly virtual event, but organizers are still planning on raising big money from private and corporate donors to pay for it. Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon discuss, along with host Andrew Walworth on this week's RealClearPolitics Takeaway Podcast.
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Here is Jeffrey Goldberg's article in The Atlantic, referred to in the discussion:
Trump: Americans Who Died in War Are ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997
