Admiral why do you refer to yourself as the accidental admiral . [laughter] what a great question. You can choose to hear a particular course you will lose ultimately in a different direction. And then to be in charge of all activity and with the commander of us Pacific Command position for senior admiral. My boss, a wonderful boss, secretary gates called to say forget about the pacific we will send you to nato i bk the first and only admiral to be the supreme allied commander and it was an accidenthe. That the navy was an accident as a career . Soet somewhat. That my father had kernel of marines growing up in that environment and going to Quantico High School thinking it would be them marine corps everybody goes out on a cruise going on a cruise are in san diego. Late in the day on the peer and the sun was setting looking out on all that ocean and i just wanted to be a sailor. I told my dad and mom they were hoping it would be a marine that years later my dad said that came out okay.
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
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Well on tuesday former Vice President and 2020 democratic president ial nominee joe biden made history by announcing his running mate u. S. Senator Harris Harris is the 1st black Vice President ial candidate in u. S. History but even though harris is more than qualified for the role shes facing backlash the kind that is typically only reserved for women women for whom ambition is seen as a bad word and strength is seen as unladylike harris is also taking fire for her race shes even being slut shamed with fox news host Tucker Carlson implying that harris slept her way to the top and that her success is largely dependent on the min shes dated a sneer that isnt new fox news darling and favorite conservative voice tom miller in made the same comments a year ago but apologized after her colleagues called her out these types of attacks on women have historically kept many from running for office in the 1st place because females are often hill to a very different standard than men. At the int
Says what before we go but a news just in belarus were hearing those released to freelance staff are working for arties Ruptly Video Agency theyve been detained on sunday while reporting on the president ial election there they were among several new staff have been detained during the polls and subsequent protests we thought wed bring that bit of news before i go for now that is the up there as it stands at the moment came across so much more from us as well online at r. T. Dot com and various social media here in the moscow this thursday morning kevin though in reporting but with more in a half an hour then we have a great day. Greetings and salutations women are more than a sum of our reproductive parts women are a powerful and Strategic Group a group that the route history with theme is such a threat to the mythology mystic male dominated environment that womens rights were stripped we were trying. Like 2nd class citizens and public and even in our own homes but the year 2020 with