Ken interviews Armen Kurdian, a retired Navy Captain and foreign policy analyst.

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🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Armen talked about what it’s like to be on the campaign trail, the goals he’s focusing on, and how things are going so far. As someone who served 25 years in the Navy, Armen said Memorial Day should really be about remembering those who gave their lives for the country. Ken and Armen also got into foreign policy. They discussed what President Trump did about Venezuela’s former president, Nicolás Maduro, and the situation with Cuba. The two of them discussed whether the U.S. really needs anything from Cuba and what might be done differently in how America deals with the country.

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0:00.0	now more of the mark simone show on seven ten w o r filling in for mark here again is ken rosado
0:07.6	so nice to be with you on a friday remember the special weekend that this is memorial day so
0:13.3	remember try not to say the term happy memorial day but you can say have a have a thoughtful
0:18.8	memorial day have a good Memorial Day, but happy
0:21.8	it's not supposed to be about it.
0:23.2	To remember the people who died for us.
0:26.0	They fought and died for us, but we thank the families who are left behind, who had to
0:30.3	deal with the loss of their loved ones, and thank you for that ultimate sacrifice.
0:35.3	710 W.O.R. You're listening to the Mark Simone show on a Friday morning. Again, Ken Rosada from, used to be Channel 7 for 20 years, and I was with Channel 5. Good to be filling in for Mark. He has a nice long weekend. Well, he is a 25-year Navy veteran who's now running for Congress in Southern California's 49th Congressional District.
0:55.0	We say good morning to Armand Curtian. Good to have you on. Good morning, Chris. How are y'all doing
1:00.5	today? Good. It's Ken Rosado here. And, Armand, you are a 25-year veteran. You are a Navy
1:06.4	captain. So thank you, sir, for your service. Before I even get into the other questions I was
1:11.3	going to ask you, I wanted to see what it was, what Memorial Day means for you having served
1:16.3	so many years. Thanks so much for that. You know, uh, did we listen?
1:24.7	Naval aviators, some that I mentored, some that I've worked in other airwings, and several
1:31.5	of them gave their lives to their country in, you know, in training accidents when they
1:36.8	were working hard to better their skills and keep their skills sharp.
1:42.0	It's a very dangerous profession.
1:43.9	One of them was my assistant operations officer.
1:47.8	After my squadron, he was involved in a training accident.
1:51.1	So I always go back and think to those individuals that I personally lost, you know, some good friends, good folks that I, you know, had beers with and everything. And this, it's sad and it's unfortunate. Even one of them going all the way back to my time in ROTC, if one of the upper classmen to help train me and become a better officer. So that's what I hold in my heart on Memorial Day. Yeah, I'm glad you pointed that out, Armand, because we tend to say for those who fought and died, I've been saying that.
2:20.5	But you're right.
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