A Lifetime of Service with Dr. Michael Vickers

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On this episode of Reaganism, Reagan Institute Director, Roger Zakheim, sits down with Dr. Michael Vickers who served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence under President Barack Obama. They discuss Dr. Vickers book, “By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy,” his time as a green beret, counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan, policy leadership at the Defense Department, and much more.

Table Of Contents:
0:00 By All Means Available
3:11 Behind Soviet Lines
7:16 Ending the Cold War
11:22 A Deteriorating Situation
15:10 Historic Consequences
21:02 Moving Missiles
26:00 Same Principles
30:14 Escalation Dominance
32:35 Religious Terrorism
35:57 The New Cold War
39:43 An Eye on the Middle East
45:29 Technical Operations
49:42 The China Problem
52:19 Lightning Round

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