244. Sec Pete Buttigieg. War in Israel. How Should America Respond? Is US Transportation Ready for Hamas? Trump & Tuberville vs Milley & Kelly. Buttigieg & Moore in 2028? How to Talk to Kids About These Crazy Times. Training Vets to Drive Trucks.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Righteous Media

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.8 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

For 243 episodes, your host Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) has reminded us all to #StayVigilant. This weekend was a stark reminder of what that means and why it is important. The horrifying attacks on the Israeli people shocked us all. And times like this are too important to wait to get the information you need. So this episode is a special Quick Response Content (QRC) delivery of what you need to know with a returning favorite guest— Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Buttigieg is one of the most important voices in American politics–and a leader that’s had unique appeal for independent Americans. He’s also the only combat veteran serving in the cabinet outside of the Secretary of Defense. In this all new episode, you’ll again get to hear Buttigieg asked questions he’s never been asked before and get a peek behind the curtain. He joins us as news continues to pour out of the Middle East. He’ll share what he’s doing to protect American transportation from terror attacks—and also sound off on Trump’s shocking threats against General Mark Milley, Senator Tommy Tuberville’s STILL ongoing hold on military promotions, whether he’ll run for President alongside Maryland Governor Wes Moore, a new program for vets he just launched to help them transition into being civilian truck drivers, and what he’s learned from being the dad of two young twins. Other shows focus on what’s happening. This show focuses on what’s next. Every episode of Independent Americans hosted by author, activist and social entrepreneur Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) is the truth beyond the headlines–and light to contrast the heat of other politics and news shows. It’s content for the 49% of Americans that proudly call themselves independent. Always with a unique focus on national security, foreign affairs and military and veterans issues. This is another pod to help you stay vigilant. Because vigilance is the price of democracy. In these trying times especially, Independent Americans will continue to be your trusted place for independent news, politics, inspiration and hope. Previous appearances by Pete Buttigieg: Episode 183 - 8/11/22 Episode 37 - 12/12/19 -Join the movement. Sign up to get our regular breakdowns of the independent news you need to know. -Hook into our exclusive Patreon community of Independent Americans. Get extra content, connect with guests, meet other Independent Americans, attend events, get merch discounts, and support this show that speaks truth to power. - WATCH video of Paul and Pete’s conversation here. -Check the hashtag #LookForTheHelpers. And share yours. -Find us on social media or www.IndependentAmericans.us. And get a cool, new IA hoodie sweatshirt just in time for the start of the cold season. -Check out other Righteous podcasts like The Firefighters Podcast with Rob Serra, Uncle Montel - The OG of Weed and B Dorm. Independent Americans is powered by veteran-owned and led Righteous Media. America’s next great independent media company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.6	Oh! Oh! Welcome to Independent Americans.
0:51.2	Welcome to Episode 244.
0:53.8	I'm your host, Paul Reikoff. These are incredibly perilous, dangerous trying times. We're going to try
0:59.6	to respond, react, improvise, adapt, and overcome as a show in any way that we can. So we're going to
1:06.0	mix it up a little bit. I'm going to try to bring you content as quickly as I can that keeps you ahead of what's
1:12.0	happening. In the military, we have QRFs, quick reaction forces. I'm going to call this QRC, quick reaction
1:20.1	content. I'll get you conversations and content as quickly as I can about the most important
1:25.9	pressing issues facing our world. So you can stay ahead
1:29.3	of the curb, not just talking about what's happening now, but talk about what's happening next.
1:35.0	And we're kicking it off right now with a very special conversation with Department of Transportation
1:40.1	Secretary Pete Buttigieg. He's joined us on this show two other times, and he's back.
1:46.3	I got him coming out of an event at Baltimore, where he announced a new program for veterans,
1:50.6	just as the information continued to come out of Israel, including over a dozen Americans killed
1:56.5	and some held hostage. We're going to talk to Pete Buttigieg about what's happening in Israel,
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