Operation Epic Fury: A Progress Report
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Salem Podcast Network
4.4 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Hugh discusses the war in Iran with Sen. Tom Cotton, Lucas Tomlinson, Dr. Michael Oren, Nadav Eyal, Salena Zito, Leland Vittert, and Dr. Ross Greene (author, "The Kids Who Aren't Okay").
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| 0:00.0 | America's about to lose the AI arms race. Not because of chips or code, but power. |
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| 0:31.1 | Welcome to today's podcast, sponsored by Hillsdale College, all things Hillsdale at Hillsdale. |
| 0:35.6 | I encourage you to take advantage of the many free online courses there. And, of course, I'll listen to the Hillsdale College. All things Hillsdale at Hillsdale.edu. I encourage you to take advantage of the many free online courses there. |
| 0:39.8 | And, of course, I'll listen to the Hillsdale Dialogues, all of them at Hugh for Hillsdale.com or just Google Apple, iTunes, and Hillsdale. |
| 0:50.4 | Welcome back. America. I'm Hugh Hewitt, joined by United States Senator Tom Cotton. |
| 0:55.5 | He is a Republican from Arkansas, won his primary easily last week. |
| 0:59.7 | He is also the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and chair of the House Republican Conference. |
| 1:04.3 | Senator, thank you for joining us. |
| 1:06.4 | Before you were a senator, you were a congressman, before you were a congressman, you were a soldier. |
| 1:10.2 | He was fought in Iraq. He fought in Afghanistan. and you served with the old guard at Arlington. |
| 1:15.0 | So the seven U.S. Army soldiers who have been killed in this combat have, I'm sure, near and dear to you. |
| 1:21.8 | What do you assess the war as, how is it going given the casualties we've had and expect? |
| 1:29.3 | I'm sorry. war as how is it going given the casualties we've had and expect? Well, Hugh, Anna and I join all our Cansans in grieving for those seven heroes who were killed and |
| 1:36.5 | wishing our best condolences and sending prayers to their families. But they have not died in vain. |
| 1:45.5 | This is an absolutely vital and necessary war against a revolutionary terror-supporting |
| 1:52.7 | country that's been killing Americans for 47 years, to include maiming and killing thousands |
| 2:00.8 | of other soldiers who served in Afghanistan |
| 2:03.8 | back in the same time I did so we always grieve the loss of our heroes on the battlefield |
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