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Aloha and namaste, everyone, and welcome to In Politics with John Howman, a puck and Odyssey joint featuring lively in-depth conversations with the people who cruise the

quarters of power in America, sculpting and shaping the ebb and flow of our

politics and culture. In our last episode, we noted with some amazement, astonishment,

that it was the first time that two former senior military leaders in a row had appeared on

Impolitic, or its predecessor podcast, Helen Howe Water.

Little did we know that the news gods had in store for us another week, this past week,

that is, in which matters pertaining to the U.S. military would be at the forefront of American

political culture and life, so much so that we would feel compelled

to move beyond the unprecedented doubleheader of the last two episodes to turn that doubleheader

into a triple play or a trifecta or whatever other term of art you prefer for having a third guest on in a row who carried a

general's rank.

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