Gen. Milley called Chinese general in consultation with then-Defense Secretary Esper

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🗓️ 16 September 2021

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The upcoming book “Peril” by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa details Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley’s phone conversations to reassure a nervous Chinese general and efforts Milley took to limit then-President Trump from potentially ordering a dangerous military strike. Milley conducted the October 30 call in consultation with then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Gen. Wesley Clark is a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander. He tells Anderson Cooper he thinks “there should be a lot of praise for Gen. Milley” and that he did “the best he could to maintain strategic stability.” Plus, three reports published in The New England Journal of Medicine support the argument that people need a booster dose of the Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins AC360 to discuss the findings and the upcoming meeting of FDA vaccine advisers. Airdate: September 15, 2021 Guests: Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.) Dr. Sanjay Gupta 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	Good evening.
0:01.0	Today, the Pentagon said Capitol police have requested assistance from the D.C. National
0:05.3	Guard as Fencing is expected to go up around the U.S. Capitol this week.
0:09.4	Both actions, security measures ahead of a right-wing rally schedule for Saturday that's
0:14.0	meant to protest the arrest of rioters who stormed the Capitol January 6.
0:18.6	It's part of the legacy of the former president, spelled out and disturbing detail in peril,
0:22.8	the forthcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward and his Washington Post-Cali Robert Costa.
0:27.7	Today, President Biden briefly responded to reporter's questions about revelations in
0:31.4	the book regarding General Milley, who's chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under
0:35.5	both President Biden and the former president.
0:38.6	According to the author, General Milley twice called his counterpart in China one stays
0:42.4	before the election, the other two days after the Capitol riot.
0:46.5	Both times, prompted by U.S. intelligence, suggesting China believed the U.S. was preparing
0:50.7	an attack.
0:52.0	Their fears, according to the authors of the book, based in part on the rhetoric toward
0:56.1	China coming from the former president.
0:58.5	Asked by General Milley today, here's how the president responded.
1:03.1	Thank you, General Milley.
1:04.4	Thank you for your thank you, General Milley.
1:07.4	Thank you.
1:08.4	I have great confidence in General Milley.
1:10.9	According to defense officials who spoke with CNN, these calls were not done in secret
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