We are in Uncharted Waters for the US National Security Community: What Next?

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Chris Cotnoir

Government

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🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump is purging his cabinet of expertise and those who place loyalty to the Constitution above that to Trump personally. In the intelligence community, State Department, Justice Department, Department of Defense and the National Security Council we have seen an exodus of talent and a message delivered to all who remain that is positively chilling. Don't raise awareness of threats like Russian election interference because Trump does not want to hear it is just one example. Also: with breaking news out of Afghanistan and the deeply disturbing prognosis from Syria, international crises and potentially unsettling decisions loom as events that may color the 2020 campaign and impact further America's falling standing in the world. We discuss all these issues with one of America's pre-eminent national security thinkers and leaders, Michele Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and co-founder and managing partner at WestExec Advisors. Flournoy is a likely leader in an incoming Democratic administration and her views are essential to understanding where America is going. Don't miss this conversation. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Hello and welcome to another episode. This is David Rothkoff. I'm your host and I am very
0:52.1	pleased to be joined today by Michelle Flournoy who is a co-founder and
0:58.6	managing partner at West exec advisors, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and one of the most thoughtful
1:05.6	commentators on national security policy that I know.
1:10.1	Hi Michelle.
1:11.1	Hey David, how are you?
1:13.4	Thanks for having me.
1:14.3	Very, very good to have you here.
1:16.3	So there's a lot of stuff about national security that's in the news right now today
1:22.3	and I, all of it gives us a kind of a jumping off
1:26.5	point for talking about where we are between now and the election and then maybe
1:30.3	we can talk a little bit about what things may look like after that.
1:36.3	But the first thing is that the State Department seems to be talking about an agreement with
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