Just very briefly your job experience and career. Yes, thank you for doing this today and great to be with you. Grew up in duchess county new york and received a nomination to the u. S. Naval academy, which i started a week after graduating high school in 1989, and i so i completed annapolis and was then commissioned in the u. S. Navy and served five years in the u. S. Navy, first as an arms control action officer doing International Arms control negotiations in the pentagon and then i moved into i served on a couple of Surface Warfare ships, couple of navy ships in atlantic the middle east. Dont you have a couple of degrees . Yeah, yeah. I have been sort of a life long student. Although i joke around, i was at annapolis, i dropped out in my junior year, but i have always been studying. Just because ive been working kind of throughout that period so i always kind of studied at night and go to night classes and stuff, but so, for example, when i worked in the pentagon i did my masters i
With you giving a brief background and very briefly with your job and experience and career. Yes. Thank you for doing this today. I grew up in Dutchess County new york and i received a nomination to the Us Naval Academy which i started one week after graduating high school 1989. I completed annapolis and was then commissioned in the u. S. Navy and served first as armscontrol action officer in the pentagon and then i moved on Surface Warfare ships and navy ships in the atlantic and in the middle east. I have been a lifelong student although i a joke around when i was at annapolis i dropped out and studied at night and then go to night classes. So for example working in the pentagon i do my masters in National Security at georgetown and while i was a research fellow. And they likely heard you are not to intelligent hapless sky. And to learn more about you i really thought that was a clearer represent misrepresentation of what you had done. We also want to start how you came to work in ru
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A democratic strategist he joins us from maryland hi larry its great to be with you ok joe whats behind this trip of Human Services secretary alex aids are going to taiwan. The delegation visit to taiwan is significant because its part of a trend right now that we see from the Trump Administration of provoking china in many regards and we are watching the slow to move towards a cold war now with china which is very dangerous for our National Security and deeply problematic but its also very political in certainly heading into the 2020 election where President Trump is trying to define himself as dance i cant im a candidate and joe biden is the pro china candidate and how do you see that playing out. I think that the American People are very wise about understanding that china while the source of the krona virus there in china is not the cause of the catastrophe we have here at home in terms of managing the coronavirus and President Trump is trying to tell you that together but its not
The isolation community. Are you going the right way or are you being led so. Direct. What is true what is faith. In a world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. For a mate in the shallowest. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business im show business ill see you then. The trumpet administration is sending its highest level delegation to taiwan which is angering china why now and what will the trip mean for american chinese well ations well take a look at that on this is. The politicking on larry king it was announced this week that u. S. Health and Human Services secretary alex a czar will soon lead a delegation to taiwan the announce one has angered china which considers taiwan a rogue province so whats behind the timing of this trip and once his impact on american chinese relations lets start there with joel rubin former Deputy Assistant secretary of state in the Obama Administration and a