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Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

SEAL Reunion, with Mike Hayes - Bonus Ep. 3

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

Politics, Energy, Healthcare, News, World, Society & Culture, Regulations, Finance, America, Freedom

4.616K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Mike Hayes is a former commander of SEAL Team Two and one of Dan's first mentors in the SEAL Teams. They talk battle stories, taking risks, coping with tragedy, and lessons from the SEAL ethos that everyone should know.

Mike Hayes is the author of "Never Enough: A Navy SEAL Commander on Living a Life of Excellence, Agility, and Meaning." He is the former Commanding Officer of SEAL Team Two, leading a two thousand–person Special Operations Task Force in Southeastern Afghanistan. In addition to a twenty-year career as a SEAL, Mike was a White House Fellow, served two years as Director of Defense Policy and Strategy at the National Security Council, and has worked directly with both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

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0:00.0

We have all these truths to be self-evident.

0:02.0

That all men are created.

0:04.0

There's a number of Congress I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.

0:07.0

Experts on what they're talking about.

0:09.0

This is the podcast for insights into the issues.

0:11.0

China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.

0:16.0

Breaking it down into simple terms.

0:18.0

We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.

0:24.0

All right, welcome back everybody.

0:25.0

This is a bit of a special episode, not the usual policy walks that we generally talk about.

0:32.0

But I got an old friend of mine, Mike Hayes.

0:35.0

And me and Mike know each other because he was one of my first mentors in the SEAL teams.

0:40.0

Mike was a lieutenant commander going to the Harvard Kennedy School,

0:45.0

while I was doing my undergrad at Tufts and wanting to be a SEAL.

0:52.0

And I was in Rotsie at the time.

0:54.0

And so Mike was kind enough to do workouts with us, mentors,

0:57.0

and eventually write me a recommendation to go into the SEAL teams.

1:01.0

And so really cool to have you on, Mike.

1:04.0

And we'll just rehash some old times, talk about SEAL teams, talk about everything you've done since then.

1:13.0

And we'll go from there.

1:14.0

So, where you're in New Hampshire now.

1:18.0

And, heck, man, I guess where do we start?

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