The Realignment

342 | Trump's Last Defense Secretary on Cutting the Pentagon Budget, Base Closures, Forever War Accountability, and New Threats with Christopher C. Miller

Episode Summary

Christopher C. Miller, former Trump administration Acting Secretary of Defense, retired Army Green Beret, and author of Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield & the Pentagon About America's Most Dangerous Enemies, joins The Realignment to discuss his time in the Trump administration, his special forces career during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, how the Pentagon does (and doesn't) work, and his call for major cuts to the defense budget along with a broader reorientation of America's troop presence abroad.

Episode Notes

Christopher C. Miller, former Trump administration Acting Secretary of Defense, retired Army Green Beret, and author of Soldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield & the Pentagon About America's Most Dangerous Enemies, joins The Realignment to discuss his time in the Trump administration, his special forces career during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, how the Pentagon does (and doesn't) work, and his call for major cuts to the defense budget along with a broader reorientation of America's troop presence abroad. 

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