Youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who became the supreme allied expired but the navy was an accident as well, one it, as a career . Guest somewhat. So, lets go way back. I grew up in a marine corps family. My father, george stavridis, proud colonel of marines, fought in korea and vietnam. I grew up in that environment, and so
Admiral James Stavridis. Why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral. Guest what a great question. First of all because at a certain level all of our lives are accidents. You can choose to steer a particular course, but the sea will come, the wont will come, youll move ultimately in a different direction. More prosaically it comes from a period in my career when i was a four star admiral, fish issuing the u. S. Sorry command and charge of all military activities south of the out and i was very hopeful of going pacific next as a commander of u. S. Pacific command. Which is a very traditional position for a senior admiral. My boss, wonderful boss, secretary defense robert gates, bob gates, said, stavridis. Were going to send you to nato. I was the first and thus far the only admiral to be spree supreme am lied commander in nato and just an accident of timing and faith and secretary gate decision. So from the nato perspective i was at the dental admiral who became the supreme a
you have no idea how good you ve got it. huh? what a time to be alive. introducing the next generation 10g network. only from xfinity. the future starts now. very good friday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. former president trump has been invited to testify before a grand jury all in relation to the hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels, and we will look into whether this invitation means that criminal charges are on the horizon. and republicans are descending on iowa, and it is of course a must stop on the possible road to the white house. former governor ron desantis is set to speak with the iowa governor in a few minutes. cnn is there on the trail. in major economic news this morning, it is good. employers added 311,000 new jobs, and it beat analysts expectations by a long shot. what does it mean? marty walsh is going to join us to talk about it. and we begin with the manhattan s attorney general inviting donald trump to talk to the grand jur
Long, long time. You want a vision of your life under biden . Think of the smoldering ruins in minneapolis. Imagine the mayhem coming to your town. This is a battle we will win and we will do it together. One thing understanding between your family and the radical left wing mob, and thats your vote. Thank you all very much. Thank you very much. Brian its finally over. There you are looking at new york city the two cranes i was able to put them up there jack them up before the show and quickly run over here and put my suited on overlooking the statue of liberty. Steve you are busy. Brian four day extravaganza done like no other. Interesting what the republican also learn. Ainsley one half of the story. The rest next week. Steve so the cover of the new w york post as you can see right here average joe biden clears the low bar and the dems exhale with relief because as we know you hear about joe biden and is he all there . He is going to be 78 years old. The big speech, is he going to do
Seen it. He has uncanny ability to connect with their hopes and their desires. And like reagan, he reminds americans that what makes us special is our people. Its our freedom. Its not our government. And as for the socalled smart educated people who are now criticizing trump, i have a few questions. Was it smart to enact policies that ended up enriching the repressive regime in china at the expense of american workers, American Companies and American Security . And was it smart to leave our borders open like swiss cheese allowing illegals to stream into the United States, taking american jobs, Sad Ling Taxpayers with the cost of educating them, housing them, providing them with healthcare . Was it smart to get into some wars that ended up draining our country of trillions of dollars, took the lives of so many of our finest Men And Women . Was it smart to explode our foreign population not through a smart merit based Immigration System but through the ludicrous policy
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