Former Senior Pentagon Official-Turned-Congressional Candidate on Running for Office

Intelligence Matters

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🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Evelyn Farkas, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia during the Obama administration and current Democratic candidate for New York’s 17th Congressional District. Morell and Farkas discuss the recent surge in congressional candidates with backgrounds in national security and the rigors of pursuing elective office. Farkas shares her views on the Trump administration’s strategies vis a vis Iran, Russia and China. She also weighs in on ongoing election security threats and the security risks posed by climate change.

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0:07.4	Hi, I'm Lindsay Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.
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0:28.0	This is Intelligence Matters, with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morel.
0:33.0	Brought to you by Lockheed Martin.
0:35.3	Your mission is ours, a career national security official, nonpartisan, non-political,
0:42.2	and you've made the decision to run for Congress.
0:45.0	Why?
0:46.0	Honestly, I feel like it's an all-hands-on-deck moment.
0:48.5	What's happening internationally and domestically requires all of us to be more actively engaged.
0:54.0	Ultimately, I was convinced that the voters want someone who understands what's at stake
0:59.3	when it comes to national security.
1:03.0	Do the folks in your district understand the significance of what the Russians did or do
1:10.0	you have to end up explaining it to them?
1:12.2	I don't think they understand the granularity of it, but they know something went wrong.
1:15.8	Some people have come up to me and asked, are we out of the woods?
1:18.9	Should we be worried about this next presidential election?
1:21.6	My answer to that is, we are not out of the woods.
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