So how hard was it to do this book, how long did it take . Guest it took three years of fulltime research and writing, obviously thats not counting my two decades plus as a reporter on military and National Security issues prior to that, you know, gaining a lot of that information of previous articles, previous books and its also not counting the time spent in the editing process after those three years were up. It was very difficult but, you know, obviously not impossible to find the people and, you know, in some cases the other publish works or unpublished works that could power the story of this organization from its roots in 1980 all the way to the fight of Islamic State. Joint special Operations Command is the command United States military secret special Operations Missions. It was formed in 1980 as a result of the failure of operation eagle claw which was the at the same time to rescue the american hostages in iran. The pentagon put together a Blue Chip Board of half a dozen ret
Good morning everyone. Its great to see you on this Cold Saturday morning. Im going to be moderating a great hour i had a discussion on news threats in the modern age with three amazing authors who contributed to a dialogue weve been having since the beginning of mankind. Heres house today is going to start. Im going to introduce the three authors and let them speak a few minutes and the opportunity to tell what the book is about and then i will do a moderated discussion so we can pull out some major themes and open up to questions and answers. The books will be on sale at the end of this entity will be available for signature discussion. I want to start with my good friend who spent a career in counterterrorism and speaking of threats that this nation and this world faces. Shes now a lecturer at the university and fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health and one of time magazines innovative planners. She is the author most recently of the state of terror and that is a book she wi
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Winds w 515 alo 35 dbq 36 iow 39tonight areas of fog low 1622 winds light alo 19 dbq 20 iow 22tomorrow am fog, p cloudy high 3541 winds se 515 alo 36 dbq 36 iow 39tomorrow night mostly cloudy low 3036 winds se 515 alo 31 dbq 31 iow 34 thanks kaj. Iowa State University will need a new head football coach next year. Yesterday the school confirmed it fired current coach paul rhoads. But rhoads will coach the Season Finale against West Virginia to close out his 7th and final year. On saturday, iowa state lost at kansas state 3835, dropping the cyclones to 38. Two iowa state fumbles in the final 90 seconds of the game led to kansas states comeback, scoring 10 points in the final minute. John campbell will look at the paul rhoads era. Later in sports. Three High School Football teams from the tv9 viewing area will play for the play on friday, but the Iowa High School Athletic Association moved all games to today. Iowa city regina plays western christian in class 1a at 11 am. Mount vernon fol