RealClear Defense presents Hot Wash
67 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsA "real clear" discussion of contemporary issues in defense featuring the writers and editors of RealClear Defense.
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Accelerate, Change or Lose: The Replicator Initiative and Transforming the Pentagon
November 02, 2023 04:05 - 52 minutes - 41.9 MBIn 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...
Hamas, Israel, Iran and the Human Tragedy in Gaza with Jonathan Schanzer
October 12, 2023 04:05 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBOn 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 I...
Measuring the Chinese Navy with Tom Shugart
October 05, 2023 04:35 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBAs 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 submarin...
War, Rage, and Restless Youth in Afghanistan with Miles Lagoze
September 21, 2023 04:05 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBNote this episode contains explicit language and discussion of self-harm. On the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash” John Sorensen and RCD contributor John Waters speak with Miles Lagoze, the documentary filmmaker behind “Combat Obscura” a gripping unfiltered look at the war in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012 during his time as an eighteen year-old Combat Camera with the 1st Battalion 6th Marines. Most recently he is the author of a new book about his experiences in Afghanistan and returning h...
Trust in the Military and the Recruitment Crisis with Peter Feaver
September 06, 2023 16:51 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBOn 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 offic...
Mike Erwin on Leadership and Service
August 29, 2023 19:37 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBJohn Waters speaks with entrepreneur, Army veteran, 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 ...
The GOP Debate and China with Rep Mike Gallagher
August 22, 2023 23:41 - 15 minutes - 12.5 MBAs Republican candidates prepare for the first debate, does the GOP have a China strategy? In a recent piece for the Wall Street Journal, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) challenges the candidates and the party to confront what he calls “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, "...
Taiwan, Drones, AI, and the Future of Warfare with Mick Ryan
August 10, 2023 20:10 - 45 minutes - 42 MBThe 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 Major Gen Mick Ryan. Ryan is a frequent commentor on the transformation of warfare, and is a 35-...
CNNs Jake Tapper "All the Demons Are Here", Covering Afghanistan, and the War in Ukraine
August 02, 2023 21:51 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBOn 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. Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash"Ukraine for in depth conversations about military, def...
Rep. Mark Green on Securing the Border, BRICS, NATO, and the Recruitment Crisis in the Military
July 26, 2023 21:56 - 10 minutes - 9.24 MBWelcome 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 o...
Oppenheimer: The Man Behind the Movie
July 19, 2023 04:05 - 17 minutes - 14.3 MBChristopher 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 Pr...
Why Did Putin Let Prigozhin Go? With Kathryn Stoner
July 06, 2023 04:05 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBOn Friday June 23rd Yevgeny Prigozhin, 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 sh...
FBI Source Goes Missing in Russia: From 9/11 to the War in Ukraine
June 29, 2023 16:24 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBRealClearDefense 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 t...
Did the Cold War Really End? 100 Years of Espionage with Calder Walton
June 22, 2023 04:05 - 53 minutes - 49 MBDid 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 Betw...
The Women behind the POW/MIA Movement
June 15, 2023 04:05 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBOn 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 US 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 nation, the movement funda...
The Navy SEAL Fighting in Ukraine: Daniel Swift and the Pull of Combat
June 08, 2023 16:43 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBOn 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 diff...
Kissinger's Betrayal: How America Lost the Vietnam War
June 01, 2023 04:05 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MBVisit RealClearPublishing for more information on“Kissinger’s Betrayal: How America Lost the Vietnam War” "Follow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcd Email comments and story suggestions to [email protected] Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
The Age of Danger with Andy Hoehn and Thom Shanker
May 22, 2023 16:17 - 39 minutes - 31.6 MBFollow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcd Email comments and story suggestions to [email protected] Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
North Korea's Cyber-Warriors with Jean Lee
February 01, 2023 23:53 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBFollow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcd Email comments and story suggestions to [email protected] Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Surviving Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima: Talking to WWII Vet Bill Swanson
January 26, 2023 20:15 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBFollow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcd Email comments and story suggestions to [email protected] Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Gut-wrenching Story of Bravo Company in the 82nd Airborne
December 29, 2022 14:51 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBSubscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Why America Loses Wars: the Failures of Ends, Ways, and Means in US Military Strategy with Don Stoker
December 21, 2022 21:16 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBRead the article on RealClearDefense Why America Loses Wars Follow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcd Email comments and story suggestions to [email protected] Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Defense Budgets Bloated by Threat Inflation? Russia and China from a Free Markets Perspective
December 09, 2022 19:28 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBOn this episode of "Hot Wash" we look at the US military’s peer adversaries from a “Free Markets” perspective. Are defense budgets bloated by threat inflation? RCD contributor John Waters and I speak with John Tamny, a frequent commentator on financial markets and the economy and the Editor at RealClearMarkets, the Vice President at the small government advocacy group FreedomWorks, and the author most recently of “The Money Confusion: How Illiteracy About Currencies and Inflation Sets the S...
Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine with Mark Galeotti
December 01, 2022 18:49 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBFollow Hot Wash on Twitter @hotwashrcd Email comments and story suggestions to [email protected] Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Bravo Company: An Afghanistan Deployment and Its Aftermath
November 04, 2022 17:51 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBOn 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 ...
The Shot: The Harrowing Journey of a Marine in the War On Terror
October 28, 2022 19:49 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBOn 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.” Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Costs of War with Stephanie Savell
October 21, 2022 01:20 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBOn 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...
Jason Kander “Invisible Storm: A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD”
October 11, 2022 17:52 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBOn 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 t...
Escape From Kabul
October 06, 2022 20:09 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBOn 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 a...
Stuart Scheller, "Crisis of Command"
September 21, 2022 17:30 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBToday 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 looki...
Andrew Milburn of The Mozart Group: The War for Ukraine
September 16, 2022 20:24 - 43 minutes - 34.6 MBOn this edition of the RealClear Defense podcast Hotwash, John Sorensen hosts 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 Ope...
Writer/Director Abi Damaris Corbin Discusses Her New Film "Breaking," a Portrait of a Veteran at the Breaking Point
August 24, 2022 14:48 - 26 minutes - 20.9 MBWriter/Director Abi Damaris Corbin discusses her new film, "Breaking," based on the real-life story of the late Brian Brown-Easley, a former Marine Corps veteran who robbed a Wells Fargo Bank with a bomb threat in 2017.
The War Against the Islamic State with Michael Gordon
August 04, 2022 16:19 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBRealClearDefense 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.” Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, ...
Who Killed Lt VanDorn
July 14, 2022 16:36 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBThis 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 e...
A Few Bad Men with Fred Galvin
June 23, 2022 16:22 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBToday 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...
To Risk It All w Adm James Stavridis
June 07, 2022 16:47 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBOn 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....
The Tech War w China: Daniel Goure
May 02, 2022 18:48 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBToday 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 i...
Cyber and the Laws of War in Ukraine
March 29, 2022 15:30 - 36 minutes - 29.3 MBOn 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? Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to th...
Controversy at SEAL Team Six with Matthew Cole
March 16, 2022 15:59 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBToday 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 wron...
WMD in Ukraine
March 03, 2022 19:21 - 29 minutes - 23.9 MBToday 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 for...
The Will to Fight in Ukraine with Ben Connable
February 24, 2022 23:19 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBOn 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 fello...
Troop-to-Task Analysis of a Russian Invasion of Ukraine with Ben Connable
February 17, 2022 04:20 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBOn 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? ...
First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11
January 27, 2022 17:59 - 31 minutes - 29 MBIn 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 tak...
Freezing the Defense Budget? with Ret. Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro
January 14, 2022 19:40 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBAlthough 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 Continu...
China and Russia in the Arctic — Brad Thor's Black Ice
December 29, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBSubscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Josh Rogin on China - Chaos Under Heaven
December 23, 2021 14:24 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBSubscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Deterring China is Not a Strategy: Adm. Scott Swift on China
December 16, 2021 13:45 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBSubscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Jocko Willink, Ret. Navy SEAL
December 09, 2021 22:32 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBSubscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Rep. Elaine Luria on Defense Strategy, China, and Taiwan
November 18, 2021 19:19 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB"Congress must untie Biden's hands on Taiwan" by Rep. Elaine Luria Subscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.
Lt. Gen Rod Bishop and Politics in the Service Academies
November 11, 2021 17:52 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBSubscribe to the RealClearDefense Podcast "Hot Wash" Subscribe to the Morning Recon newsletterfor a daily roundup of news and opinion on the issues that matter for military, defense, veteran affairs, and national security.