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Former Trump National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Former Trump National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster joins the show to discuss his new memoir, "At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the White House." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpour. Here's what's coming up. A

0:08.0

account of the Trump White House. Christian's conversation with former

0:11.9

National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster.

0:15.0

Then another hostage rescued in Gaza, a glimmer of hope in the shadow of war.

0:21.0

Analysts Barack Ravid will join me. Plus history repeating itself for the

0:26.0

Rohingya. Correspondent Anakoran meets refugees fleeing violence and terror

0:31.3

once more.

0:33.2

Also ahead, wild, it's not. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Bianna Goldriga in New York sitting in for

0:59.2

Christiane Amantpur. Well the race is on for Kamla Harris and Donald Trump and in less than 70 days

1:04.7

Americans will decide the next commander-in-chief. With wars raging in Gaza and

1:10.1

Ukraine the stakes are high for the world.

1:13.8

Today Israel's military says it rescued a hostage being held underground by Hamas,

1:18.6

a reminder of the human suffering that continues while the fighting drags on.

1:23.0

And in Ukraine, Russian troops are closing in on the key strategic city of Pachruvsk.

1:28.0

So how would a second Trump term impact all of this?

1:32.0

HR McMaster spent over a year as National Security Advisor to President Trump

1:36.0

and now he's speaking out about what he saw.

1:39.0

His new book at war with ourselves offers a blistering account of a White House filled with

1:45.1

chaos and sick offense with serious consequences for U.S. foreign policy.

1:50.8

Christiane spoke with him earlier about it all.

1:54.0

Before we get to talk to you about your book, I wanted to get your expertise on some of the big

1:58.6

military issues going on right now.

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