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KBLA: Tavis Smiley – Paul Rieckhoff sounds off on Hegseth’s rhetoric

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
01

Live from the Canyon of Heroes. two million people, FDNY Ladder 10, and fans from Sydney for the Knicks parade

02

Why Paul calls Trump's Iran framework a 'losing deal'. and why Pence and Haley are saying it too

03

'Fair to your enemies'. the curious phrase that gave the whole deal away

04

Operation Midnight Hammer and the gap between 'we obliterate. Operation Midnight Hammer and the gap between 'we obliterated it' and what's actually still standing

Paul Rieckhoff, host of the “Independent Americans” podcast and founder of Independent Veterans of America and Righteous Media, Inc., gives his assessment about the implications of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s dangerous rhetoric for the historic military leadership only meeting.