AT&T CEO John Stankey & Treasury Sec. Bessent 2/13/26
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4.2 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | We knew what it could do, but the rate and pace of which it's coming on every aspect |
| 0:09.2 | of the business, whether it's operational, strategic, societal, it's kind of like a freight train. |
| 0:14.6 | AT&T Chairman and CEO John Stanky at the Pepple Beach Pro-Am with Joe Kernan. In between rounds on the California golf course, Stanky at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am with Joe Kernan. |
| 0:21.8 | In between rounds on the California golf course, Stanky explains how he's building out the |
| 0:27.3 | infrastructure of the internet. |
| 0:29.2 | Spoiler, it's fiber optics. |
| 0:31.6 | I don't think universally you're going to ever beat fiber in many places, and I think |
| 0:36.7 | what's sometimes missed is that a third |
| 0:38.9 | of our capital investment goes inside of buildings, inside hospitals, inside stadiums, inside |
| 0:45.6 | universities. Satellites not going to be the best technology to get everything connected. |
| 0:51.6 | But first, a newsmaking interview |
| 0:54.6 | with Treasury Secretary Scott Besant. |
| 0:57.1 | He says the Senate will proceed |
| 0:59.4 | with Kevin Warsh's Fed confirmation hearing, |
| 1:01.7 | despite one senator's hold on the nomination. |
| 1:05.0 | My understanding is that we are going to proceed |
| 1:07.7 | with the hearings, Senator Tillis, |
| 1:10.0 | wants to keep a hold on any vote with |
| 1:12.9 | Kevin Warsh leaving committee, making it to the full Senate. But I think it's important to get |
| 1:19.1 | the hearings underway, and I think we have an agreement to do that. And of course, the Secretary's |
| 1:24.6 | view on the U.S. economy and inflation. |
| 1:32.8 | After you've been in a massive auto pile up, you're a little skittish about driving, |
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