Former GOP Congressman and CIA Officer Will Hurd
Intelligence Matters
CBS News
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🗓️ 27 April 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Will Hurd, a former CIA officer and Republican Congressman from Texas who served on the House Intelligence Committee. Morell and Hurd, who is the author of the new book, "American Reboot: An Idealist’s Guide to Getting Big Things Done," discuss a range of domestic challenges - including immigration, political division, and adapting to advanced technologies - that may pose broader national security threats. They also discuss the U.S. policy toward Ukraine amid Russia's invasion and America's preparedness for long-term competition with China.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Intelligence Matters with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morel, |
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| 0:15.2 | And what's so frustrating about it was all these things I just laid out, most Democrats and Republicans |
| 0:20.0 | agree. Immigration and having, you know, being able to have operational control of our border, |
| 0:25.6 | meaning we know everything that's coming back and forth, and streamlining legal immigration, |
| 0:30.9 | 70% of Democratic primary voters agree with this, and 70% of Republican voters agree with this. |
| 0:37.9 | However, we close back to what we first talked about, and that is politicians on both sides would |
| 0:44.4 | rather use this issue as a political beludgeon against each other rather than a problem to solve, |
| 0:50.4 | and go into an election and be like, hey, look at us, we solve this problem. |
| 0:58.0 | Will Heard is a former CIA officer, former United States Congressman from Texas, |
| 1:03.0 | former member of the House Intelligence Committee, and the author of the new book, American Reboot, |
| 1:08.1 | an idealist guide to getting big things done. Will and I just caught up to talk about his new book. |
| 1:14.0 | We'll be right back with that discussion after a word from our sponsor. I'm Michael Morel, |
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