My childrens godfather is a former special forces group and he had a line he got from a commander somewhere in his career that said there are some peoplpeople just need killing. Some you will not be able to reason with or negotiate with and there is just evil in the world and that is kind of the approach he takes. He doesnt necessarily like it when he knows it needs to be done he went out and he does it. He runs through the bucs as a combination of multiple people that ive known in the world of government, diplomacy, part of government. Hhes actually named after somebody right here in dc who processes fisa warrants for the prophetic justice. So there is one over at doj, real life, and i hope it is a great name for a character. He is a collection of these people and then what i tell folks is that hes my alter ego. He gets to go and do the things my wife wont let me do. She let me go to afghanistan but she drew the line of chasing female operatives. So there is a line i cant cross. Host
National war college. Thats us down there in in the lower corner. Were housed at Theodore Roosevelt hall on fort mcnair in washington, d. C. , a scant two blocks away from the Washington Nationals ball field, which makes getting home sometimes an interesting challenge all the we just a word about the college we actually occupy a building that was built the cornerstone was laid in 1903 by president roosevelt. It was the home of the Army War College until World War Two started. And after the war, the Army War College moved up to carlisle, pennsylvania, and president truman and worked hard get the National War College established as a joint college. Its been a partnership primarily between the military and the state department for the last 75 years and we educate senior Lieutenant Colonels and colonels and equivalent in the state Department Intelligence community and other federal agencies in National Security strategy. So i get to come to work in that building day and we have a number of
Makes getting home sometimes an interesting challenge all the we just a word about the college we actually occupy a building that was built the cornerstone was laid in 1903 by president roosevelt. It was the home of the Army War College until World War Two started. And after the war, the Army War College moved up to carlisle, pennsylvania, and president truman and worked hard get the National War College established as a joint college. Its been a partnership primarily between the military and the state department for the last 75 years and we educate senior Lieutenant Colonels and colonels and equivalent in the state Department Intelligence community and other federal agencies in National Security strategy. So i get to come to work in that building day and we have a number of memorable here throughout history. It is like working in a museum. And Theodore Roosevelts been a big of it. So for a number of years now, ive taught an elective on theodore as a strategic leader, and its a very po
Washington, d. C. , a scant two blocks away from the Washington Nationals ball field, which makes getting home sometimes an interesting challenge all the we just a word about the college we actually occupy a building that was built the cornerstone was laid in 1903 by president roosevelt. It was the home of the Army War College until World War Two started. And after the war, the Army War College moved up to carlisle, pennsylvania, and president truman and worked hard get the National War College established as a joint college. Its been a partnership primarily between the military and the state department for the last 75 years and we educate senior Lieutenant Colonels and colonels and equivalent in the state Department Intelligence community and other federal agencies in National Security strategy. So i get to come to work in that building day and we have a number of memorable here throughout history. It is like working in a museum. And Theodore Roosevelts been a big of it. So for a numb
It is now my pleasure to introduce our speaker, dr. Richard bell. Dr. Bell has presented many it is now my pleasure to introduce our speaker, doctor richard bell. Doctor bell has presented many upstanding programs for Smithsonian Associates and topics related to Early American History and the American Revolutionary period over the course of the last several years. Most, recently a program last month on baron vaughn struggle. Its a professor at the university of maryland, hold the ba from the university of cambridge in a ph. D. From harvard. He has won more than a dozen teaching awards, including a 2017 University System of maryland board of regions faculty award for excellence in teaching, which is the highest honor for teaching faculty in the maryland state system. In addition, he has helped Major Research fellowship that yale, cambridge in the library of congress. And is a recipient of the 2018 National Endowment of the humanities public Scholar Award into the 2021 Andrew Carnegie fe