Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.

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access other exclusive content. Today's guest is Dr. Richard Haas, president of the Council

on Foreign Relations, Richard served in the State Department, Pentagon, and the White House

under four Republican and Democratic presidents. A butto now, his writing and work has focused on America

and the world. There's new book though, The Bill of Obligations, The Ten Habits of Good

Citizens is focused much more on what's happening internally. So despite the obvious conversations

and concerns about China and Russia, he argues in the book that the greatest threats to America come

from within. So the conversation today focuses on civics, democracy, and what Americans,

oh one another, has citizens. Huge thank you to Lincoln Network for supporting the show.

I hope you all enjoy the conversation.

Richard Haas, welcome to the realignment. Good to be with you.

I hate starting an interview with a question that literally every previous interviewer has asked

you, but I am going to do it for the sake of clarity and really exploiting your position in the role.

What is the origin of this book? What got you thinking about a more domestically

centric topic as opposed to the type of foreign policy work you do at CFR?

Wasn't something I planned. It was more for something I stumbled across that,

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