Welcome to the program if your military says the country has entered into a shame for war it did not anticipate in a region that is Prime Minister ahmed on friday said the military operation has limited objectives. Possible prolonged war in the country earlier this week obvious said he had ordered the military into to agree a north invasion that once dominated ethiopian politics he claimed it was in response to one alleged attack on the federal military combat by its ruling party that the group Peoples Liberation front of the un has expressed deep concern by the fighting and appealed for calm. A show of strength by 2 grice special forces. These soldiers are loyal to the t. P. I. Left party which governs the checkride region the National Government accuses them of attacking an Ethiopian Army base in micheli the regions capital promising the military response to grice leader denies this calling it an excuse to attack. Another look in the regions around there is a massing of military forc
Interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All afterwards programs are also available as podcasts. Adam hi my name is adam. I worked with the hard times times for about four years. Ive covered National Security including the fbi in a reported extensively on the fbis russia investigation. Its known as crossfire hurricane. On a think piece for coming on and having his frank discussion with me. He actually came up with the name crossfire hurricane. So much and how he came to use that code name. But before we get into the details of the book, that you have written about. One is you tell us a little bit about yourself and your Counter Intelligence back out of the fbi. Peter first thank you to cspan for hosting. I started in the in 1996. Ive been in the army prior to that and then college. When into activeduty and then was with the fbi as an analyst with domestic terrorism back in 96. I saw the organization and the ages in a new but that was absolutely what i wanted to be d
Will ask as many questions as time permits. To submit a question, please ha email headliners press. Org. The two candidates, incumbent President Donald Trump and former Vice President joe biden are spending millions on advertising to spread their message and turn the tide in battleground states. But this election is unusual. The covid19 pandemic is squelching the usual meet and greets and rallies and then theres the Lincoln Project, a Political Action committee founded by several current and former influential republicans including george conway, jennifer horn, mike madrid, and john weaver and our guests here today, rick wilson and steve schmitt. A republican pac doesnt sound that unusual, but unlike traditional republican pacs, theyre spending millions to defeat the republican president ial candidate. Today, the two Lincoln Project founders, rick wilson and steve schmitt, will give us an update on the state of the 2020 race and the Lincoln Projects home stretch strategy. Rick got his
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