Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of the bucksexten show.

The deep dives, the long form, appreciate all the comments you have about this format and

how you're enjoying it.

And it's great for me too, because now I get to sit and really enjoy the brilliance

and the insights of so many guests without a commercial break jumping in from radio and

limited to eight to 10 minutes at a time.

We got plenty of time with our folks.

And we're going to need it this week for sure.

Today we've got our friend, Bridge Colby with us.

He is a principal at the marathon initiative.

He served as the lead official in the development of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, which

shifted the Pentagon's focus to China and is the author of a fantastic book, Strategy of

Denial, American Defense in an age of great power conflict.

Wall Street Journal said one of the top 10 books of 2021, Mr. Bridge Colby, who I have

also known fun fact, because we didn't get to talk with this in the radio.

Bridge and I used to do shots of Cuervo at the same bars in DC back when I was a Cubs

CIA analyst and bridge was where were you in Yale law school at the time?

You're doing something like that.

I know.

So something, you know, one job or another, but gosh, you've sold us out here, Buck.

So I know.

And now people know, Bridge and I go, go way back.

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