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Hey everybody, welcome to the Michael Steel Podcast. I'm Michael Steel. I hope all of you

are doing well and blessed as we head into this glorious fall. It is fall here in Washington

and it is absolutely fan tabulous. It puts you in a great spirit and a great mood and

really reflective. I'm kind of in a reflective space these days. As life goes on around me,

I get a chance to talk to some great people and reflect with them on where things are

at this point. I am really, really honored and very pleased to welcome to the podcast,

a gentleman who I grew to admire in his public work over the past year, knowing how difficult

the job was on a regular normal day, running elections in any state. But then when you had

the added pressures of a presidential campaign and the machinations of a president who did

not want to lose, Secretary of State Brad Rathensberger stood out. It is with a great pleasure

that I welcome this lifelong conservative structural engineer. People don't know this about

Braddies. A successful business man, structural engineer, founder and CEO of Tenden Systems,

which provided high-strength steel for construction projects. Who knew? Then all of a sudden, you

find himself in 2018 as the new secretary of state. He has been on a world win ever since.

Welcome, Mr. Secretary, to the podcast. Good morning. Thank you, Michael.

Absolutely. I'm going to start with the opening of your book where I take exception to

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