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The Jack Carr Channel

Why Veterans NEED to Get Involved in Politics

The Jack Carr Channel

Jack Carr

Society & Culture

4.92.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Congressman Mike Waltz represents Florida’s 6th Congressional district. A true warrior diplomat, he is the first Green Beret elected to Congress • He is a combat-decorated Army Special Forces Officer and served as a White House and Pentagon policy advisor between combat deployments to Afghanistan. • Congressman Waltz attended the Virginia Military Institute and served more than two decades in the U.S. Army conducting multiple combat tours in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Africa. He continues to serve the country as a Colonel in the National Guard. • He is the author of the book WARRIOR DIPLOMAT: A GREEN BERET’S BATTLES FROM WASHINGTON TO AFGHANISTAN. • His new book HARD TRUTHS: THINK AND LEAD LIKE A GREEN BERET where he shares how the mindset he honed in military service can help anyone - in politics, in business or in life - conquer everyday challenges, is available now. • To learn more about Mike, follow him on Instagram @michaelgwaltz, and X, @RepWaltzPress. JACK CARR INSTAGRAM Today’s guest on the @dangerclose podcast is Congressman Mike Waltz @michaelgwaltz • A true warrior diplomat, he is the first Green Beret elected to Congress where he represents Florida's 6th congressional district. • He is combat-decorated Army Special Forces Officer and served as a White House and Pentagon policy advisor between combat deployments to Afghanistan. • Congressman Waltz attended the Virginia Military Institute and served more than two decades in the U.S. Army conducting multiple combat tours in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Africa. He continues to serve the country as a Colonel in the National Guard. • He is the author of the book WARRIOR DIPLOMAT: A GREEN BERET’S BATTLES FROM WASHINGTON TO AFGHANISTAN. • His new book HARD TRUTHS: THINK AND LEAD LIKE A GREEN BERET is out now! • Find our conversation and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and the Jack Carr YouTube Channel – LINKS IN BIO. • New episodes of JACK CARR DANGER CLOSE drop every Wednesday. • #Jack Carr #JackCarrUSA #MikeWaltz #WarriorDiplomat #GreenBeret #SpecialForces #DangerClose #DangerClosePodcast jack carr,targeted,jack carr book,the terminal list,targeted:beirut,jack carr danger close,October 7th,Coping with War,uncensored,iraq,fox news,trump,kamala,foreign policy,combat veteran,shawn ryan show,#1 New York Times bestselling,Concerned Veterans for America,FOX Nation,war,israel,china,hamas,andrew bustamante,pbd podcast,mike waltz,special forces,Congressman Waltz,national security

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0:00.0

The The washer The Washington National Security world does not understand how deterrence works in the Middle East.

0:30.0

It's also a national security issue because we literally can't afford to build the military that we need.

0:37.0

Veterans need to get back engaged in our politics and our civil society.

0:42.0

It is a different way of thinking and leading. in our politics and our civil society.

0:42.6

It is a different way of thinking and leading.

0:44.9

Are we taking any of those lessons in Washington, D.C.

0:47.2

at the strategic levels?

0:48.3

I gotta tell you, the Pentagon needs to be cleaned out. How's it going?

1:00.0

How's it going?

1:01.0

Hey, sorry I don't have the super cool guy backdrop here.

1:05.0

That's all right, I forgive you.

1:08.0

But where are you right now?

1:10.0

Are you in Florida?

1:11.0

I'm in Florida. I'm at her place in Florida, but we're having a technical issue with my home studio.

1:18.8

So how have you been?

1:20.6

Congrats on cranking another one out.

1:24.0

Thank you. Oh man, it's crazy.

1:25.0

It's been crazy busy.

1:27.0

Oh man, it was crazy.

1:28.0

So that came out in June and then targeted Beirut, my first non-fiction comes out in September.

1:32.0

So that's the 1983 Beirut

1:35.0

Barracks bombing and yeah September for that one and then probably two

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