Mark hello america, i am mark levin. This is life, Liberty And Levin. We have a fantastic show tonight. I am not hosting. Here is my buddy pete hegseth. One of the liesest nicest and smartest guys i know, every couple of years when i have a book, i say, why not have pete here, who actually will read the book and understand the book and talk to me about the book and make it intriguing and interesting. So, im stepping out of the host mode, and turn the show over to pete. Pete wont steal it, he will conduct the interview, thank you, pete. I couldnt steal if it i wanted to thank you, what an honor. God bless you. I studied this book, i read it cover to cover. It is phenomenal congratulations on a great book. And out the gates here, i want to tell everyone, it is worth getting, reading and giving to everyone you know who cares about the state of our republic. Mark, the last time we were here, we were talking about American Marxism. Talk to us about how this is an extension of that, you can
Mark hello america, i am mark levin. This is life, Liberty And Levin. We have a fantastic show tonight. I am not hosting. Here is my buddy pete hegseth. One of the Liesest Smarte Nicest and smartest guys i know, every couple of years when i have a book, i say, why not have pete here, who actually will read the book and understand the book and talk to me about the book and make it intriguing and interesting. So, im stepping out of the host mode, and turn the show over to pete. Pete wont steal it, he will conduct the interview, thank you, pete. I couldnt steal if it i wanted to thank you, what an honor. God bless you. I studied this book, i read it cover to cover. It is phenomenal congratulations on a great book. And out the gates here, i want to tell everyone, it is worth getting, reading and giving to everyone you know who cares about the state of our republic. Mark, the last time we were here, we were talking about American Marxism. Talk to us about how this is an extension of that, y
And thanks for joining us for congress investigates and American History tv series looking back at significant congressional investigations. This week the topic is waste, fraud and inefficiency in defense production. During World War Two. Well, it was in the 1940s that thensenator harry truman led a committee that traveled the country examining military sites and how the publics money was being spent. It became known as the Truman Committee and was said to have saved many dollars and lives and may even have shortened the war. Joining us is Steve Drummond. Hes with National Public radio and hes the author of this book, the watchdog how the Truman Committee battled corruption and helped win World War Two. Mr. Drummond, thanks for being with us. Whats the genesis of the Truman Committee . Hi, peter. Thanks. Happy to be here. Harry truman in 1940 was a virtually unknown senator in november of that year. He barely scraped by. As for reelection to the second term in the senate from missouri.
And thanks for joining us for congress investigates and American History tv series looking back at significant congressional investigations. This week the topic is waste, fraud and inefficiency in defense production. During World War Two. Well, it was in the 1940s that thensenator harry truman led a committee that traveled the country examining military sites and how the publics money was being spent. It became known as the Truman Committee and was said to have saved many dollars and lives and may even have shortened the war. Joining us is Steve Drummond. Hes with National Public radio and hes the author of this book, the watchdog how the Truman Committee battled corruption and helped win World War Two. Mr. Drummond, thanks for being with us. Whats the genesis of the Truman Committee . Hi, peter. Thanks. Happy to be here. Harry truman in 1940 was a virtually unknown senator in november of that year. He barely scraped by. As for reelection to the second term in the senate from missouri.
Institute, this is one hour. [indiscernible] im honored to have with us to have with us the assistant secretary of the navy, the navy comptroller, Russell Rumbaugh. Weve been friends and colleagues for many years. He has worked in a variety of positions at dod, on the hill, and think tanks, and he most recently came into the department of the navy from aerospace corporation. Previously he had worked at the Simpson Center and other places here in d. C. , the Congressional Research service for many years, and he began his career as a u. S. Army infantry officer. You dont talk about that with the navy folks. Navy i will ask you a few things about the army budget and how much the navy took from them this year. [laughter] its a pleasure to have him here for this discussion. We will also be taking discussion from the audience in the room and online. So, when we turn to that, if you are online you can go ahead and start asking questions on the site where i get to read the questions off the ip