Best of Danger Close: The Afghanistan Files

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Jack Carr

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4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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NOTE: In recent weeks, Jack has released a series of “best of” collections from the Danger Close archives. Each episode contains portions of past interviews, all centered around a theme or topic. Today’s episode features portions of interviews with combat veterans, journalists, and political leaders on the war in Afghanistan and America’s withdrawal.

FEATURED INTERVIEWS:

TOBY HARNDEN

Full Interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/toby-harnden-avenging-9-11/id1557814875?i=1000543592112

PETER BERGEN

Full Interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peter-bergen-the-rise-and-fall-of-osama-bin-laden/id1557814875?i=1000542185873

CRAIG WHITLOCK

Full Interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/tt/podcast/craig-whitlock-the-afghanistan-papers/id1557814875?i=1000537701852

SEAN PARNELL

Full Interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sean-parnell-ground-truth-from-afghanistan/id1557814875?i=1000532358627

MIKE WALTZ

Full Interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rep-mike-waltz-returns-the-afghanistan-withdrawal-one/id1557814875?i=1000577933963

SCOTT NEIL AND MARK NUTSCH

Full Interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scott-neil-and-mark-nutsch-horse-soldiers/id1557814875?i=1000575147372

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is The Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books but me, Jack Carr.
0:17.8	Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Navy Federal Credit
0:21.9	Union.
0:22.9	This is a best-of-episode titled The Afghanistan Files.
0:26.8	Since Danger Close launched, we featured in-depth discussions with experts, political leaders,
0:32.0	and veterans about the war in Afghanistan, America's withdrawal, and what happens next.
0:37.3	Here are a few of those conversations.
0:44.1	Toby Harnedin.
0:45.3	Toby is an accomplished author, editor, and journalist.
0:48.8	Back in 2021, he was on Danger Close to discuss his latest book, First Casualty, The Untold
0:53.4	Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge, 9-11.
1:00.9	I was pretty keen to get to Afghanistan straight away.
1:04.7	Yeah, same with us.
1:07.5	Yeah.
1:08.5	Yeah.
1:09.5	My, you know, I got a kind of a whiff of sort of combat and military operations in Northern
1:18.1	Ireland and, you know, I really felt that I could cover that well.
1:24.3	But also, by whole time in the Navy, you know, I tried really hard to, you know, get to the
1:29.3	Gulf War and, you know, instead I was stuck in Scotland.
1:32.9	And I remember, you know, I boss saying, Toby, we've plenty of time for medals.
1:37.5	And I remember thinking, no, there wasn't.
1:40.8	And there wasn't, you know, he's left the Navy with no medals.
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