Ep. 349 – Admiral William McRaven

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Admiral William McRaven is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL who served as the commander of U.S. Special Operations from 2011 to 2014. He joins David to talk about his foray into military service, his disagreements with Donald Trump, and his most memorable missions — including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. His new book, Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations, is a look back on over three decades of service. For more episodes of The Axe Files, visit LuminaryPodcasts.com To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Music
0:06.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Ax Files with
0:12.5	your host, David Axelrod.
0:14.5	Music
0:20.5	Admiral Bill McRaven is a legend in military lore and in the annals of recent American
0:27.0	history, a swashbuckling Navy seal for 37 years.
0:31.4	He led the U.S. Special Operations Command and in that role directed such sensitive missions
0:38.0	as the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and the one that saved Captain Phillips from Somali
0:44.3	pirates.
0:45.6	He chronicled his extraordinary life and career in a book called Sea Stories.
0:50.9	My life and special operations that came out this year.
0:53.8	He also made news by taking on President Trump over the President's assault on the intelligence
0:59.4	community.
1:00.4	And he had plenty to say when we sat down last week in Austin, Texas to talk about both
1:06.1	his life and the state of our country.
1:17.6	So good to see you.
1:18.6	It's gonna be great.
1:19.6	I have very strong recollections of my conversations with President Obama about the service that
1:25.7	you performed for the country when he was president and he was effusive about that.
1:33.8	So it's really great to sit with you and it's great to sit with you because this is a podcast
1:38.0	that really is about people's stories.
1:40.9	And your story is you could not make it up.
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