POTUS on Trial & A Military Mind (with Adm. James Stavridis)

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🗓️ 23 January 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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On this episode of Stay Tuned, “POTUS on Trial & A Military Mind,” Preet answers your questions about: Whether foreign policy is exclusively in the purview of the executive branch and what that has to do with impeachment of President Trump Why Lev Parnas is able to sit for public interviews while out on bond while Roger Stone is bound by a gag order Whether Chief Justice John Roberts has veto power during the Senate trial The guest is Admiral James Stavridis. He spent 37 years in the U.S. Navy and earned four stars, served as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, and forayed into academia as the 12th Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. His most recent book is Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&A “Alan Dershowitz’s Strange Constitutional Arguments on Impoundment and Foreign Policy,” Lawfare, 1/22/20 Transcripts of Rachel Maddow’s first and second interview with Lev Parnas, 1/15/20 “Roger Stone Lost His Appeal Of The Gag Order Barring Him From Posting On Twitter, Facebook, And Instagram,” BuzzFeed News, 10/22/19 Senate Resolution 483, “To Provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States,” Jan 2020 “Trump’s Impeachment Trial a Perilous Duty for Chief Justice,” New York Times, 1/14/20 THE INTERVIEW Stravridis’ most recent book: Sailing True North: Ten Admirals and the Voyage of Character, October 2019 Stavridis’ column for Time: “Why Trump’s Generals Have Abandoned Ship,” 1/3/19 “‘You’re a bunch of dopes and babies’: Inside Trump’s stunning tirade against generals,” Washington Post, 1/17/20 General Ulysses S. Grant’s book, Personal Memoirs, 1999 Michael Shaara’s book, The Killer Angels, 2004 Steven Pressfield’s book, Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae, 2005 “Trump invites disgraced Navy SEAL who posed with a dead ISIS captive he was accused of murdering to Mar-a-Lago,” Business Insider, 12/24/19 “Anguish and Anger From the Navy SEALs Who Turned In Edward Gallagher,” New York Times, 12/27/19 The North Atlantic Treaty, April 1949 “What Is NATO’s Article 5?,” History, 8/31/18 Stavridis column for Time: “Why NATO Is Essential For World Peace, According to Its Former Commander,” 4/4/19 My Big Fat Greek Wedding, IMDb, 2002 As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:58.9	I'm Pete Barara. Reading and the application of intellectual firepower is at least as important
1:07.9	as real firepower. We are really good at launching missiles. We are also pretty capable in
1:15.1	the US military of launching ideas. That's Admiral James DeVritis. He spent 37 years
1:22.0	in the US Navy, earned four stars, and served in both Democratic and Republican administrations.
1:27.8	Admiral DeVritis has had a varied and storied career. From leading the US Southern Command
1:32.4	in Miami, to serving as the 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO. He's also a thoughtful
1:37.8	and prolific speaker and writer, combining his love of the maritime with his study of
1:41.8	leadership and character development. His most recent book, Sailing True North, dissects
1:46.6	the characteristics of some of history's greatest naval leaders. The Admiral joins me to
1:51.2	talk about the implications of the Soleimani strike, what happens next with Iran, Trump's
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