well, i m honored and privileged. to be here this morning with former secretary of defense mark esper, i might also say former secretary of the army mark esper. colonel retired united states army mark hesper served in uniform on active duty served in the army national guard served in the army reserve one of the few people. i know that served in all three components of the united states army for a distinguished 21-year career. doctor esper phd vice president esper of one of the largest defense in aerospace companies that we have in our in our defense industrial base. professional staff member on the senate foreign relations committee had a policy on the house armed services committee national security advisor to one of the most distinguished senators fred thompson a very varied career in you brought extensive background to your role as secretary of defense, and we re here today to discuss your late your book, which is entitled to sacred oath memoirs of a secretary defense do a
Thanks so much for joining us today. This afternoon session is entitled sarah kinzinger. They knew how a culture of conspiracy keeps america with Rick Perlstein. Sarahs book will available for sale and signing at the book sale and signing tonight on your map is labeled in and nancy, nancy sarah. The New York Times best selling author of hiding in plain sight and the view from flyover country and cohost of the acclaimed pod. Gaslit nation with andrea chalupa. She lives in saint louis. Moderator Rick Perlstein a best selling, award winning, historic alien of american politics whose journalism has appeared in. Publications including the New York Times, the new republic and the nation and is the board president of in these times magazine and in chicago. As the session is being recorded by cspan, we ask that during the q a session that you will please use the standing microphone, or there may be a volunteer with the mic. If you could please use one of the mics to ask your question. Followin
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Ibanez in for jillian mele. Rob happy monday, thanks for getting up with us, fox news alert, special operations helicopter crashing in iraq, several u. S. Service members on board are reportedly injured this according to newsweek. Return to go base after small raid, military officials telling this week crash likely happened after some type of mechanical malfunction, we will keep an eye for you. Rob absolutely. 149 hostages abducted by the taliban in ambush but Officials Say insurgents are Still Holding people hostage at this time. The ambush comes despite announcement from afghan officials of fourday cease fire with Taliban Group and secretary pompeo praising cease fire. We remain ready to support, facilitate and participate in direct negotiations between Afghan Government and the taliban. Meantime National Security john bolton says hes open to the idea of america privatizing our longest war in afghanistan. Theres always discussion, im always open to new idea but i will not comment on
They flatly accused you of creating an atmosphere of mistrust and hostility. Yeah. Well, first, theyre wrong about that. Back to that later. We begin the hour with shocking deadly hate and worldwide condemnation. At least 49 people are dead today after a terrorist attack on two mosques in the city of christchurch, new zealand. Police say a gunman opened fire at a mosque on friday afternoon local time. Friday, of course, being the busiest day for many mosques around the world, when muslims convene for friday prayers. One eyewitness says more than 200 people were inside. Worshippers scrambling to escape say the attacker just kept shooting. We hide behind the cars and under the car, and then when we see the fighting still on, we try to jump the fence, and then we hide next house to the mosque on the side. And fighting was on and on. The gunman then drove to a second mosque and opened fire there as well. Police have charged one man in his late 20s with murder. Hes expected in court saturda