Special Forces to CIA Officer in Afghanistan Fighting the Soviets | Mike Vickers | Ep. 248

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History, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government

4.7 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Mike Vickers was Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (2011-2015) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations, Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities (2007-2011) – service that spanned the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. Earlier in his career, he served as a CIA Operations Officer and Special Forces Officer and Non-Commissioned Officer. As the ASD SO/LIC&IC and USD(I), he had a central role in developing our strategy and overseeing our campaigns to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qa’ida and in the operation to kill Usama Bin Ladin. As a CIA officer during the 1980s, he was the program officer and principal strategist for the largest and most successful covert action program in CIA’s history, enabling the Afghan resistance to drive the Soviets out of Afghanistan.
He is a recipient of the Presidential National Security Medal, our nation’s highest award in intelligence. He has a Ph.D. in International Relations/Strategic Studies from Johns Hopkins, an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Alabama.
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0:40.0	Special Operations, Covert Ops, Espionage, The Team House,
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0:57.0	Hi everyone, welcome to episode 248 of the team house. I'm Jack Murphy here with Dave
1:06.8	Park. Our guest on tonight's show is Michael Vickers. He is the author of By All Means
1:12.3	available. He served in 10th Special Vickers, he is the author of By All Means Available.
1:13.4	He served in 10th Special Forces Group as a CIA paramilitary officer and then went on to hold positions
1:19.8	as the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and Low Intensity Conflict and the Undersecretary of Defense for Defense Intelligence.
1:28.0	We're going to split this interview into two parts since Mike had a pretty extensive career.
1:34.0	Tonight we're going to talk about his time in special forces and at the agency.
1:38.0	And then we're going to have him back next Friday to discuss the latter portion of his professional career.
1:43.4	Mike, thank you for joining us tonight.
1:46.0	And Dave, do you want to give a quick shout out to our sponsor?
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