James G. Stavridis

Hopefully people will enjoy hearing from these authors and hopefully they'll want to read more.

Now, from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., National Book Award finalist, best-selling author and retired Marine Elliot Ackerman, and retired Admiral and former Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis.

They discuss their military service and co-writing novels about future warfare.

Beginning now, a conversation with best-selling author and retired Marine Elliot Ackerman and retired Admiral and former Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis.

I want to welcome two co-authors today.

Usually I'm interviewing one person at a time, but here we have a chance to talk to two authors who individually have written a lot of books.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Zelensky calling this a mistake that will only embolden Putin.

So is this the end for Trump and Zelensky? Will the European Union and NATO step in? I'll ask Admiral James Stavridis.

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Still to come, President Trump just put new Russian sanctions that he recently signed into law on hold as his relationship with President Zelenskyy deteriorates.

Is NATO ready to step in and pick up the slack? Retired US Navy admiral, former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, James Stavridis, in the on deck circle to analyze.

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Didn't introduce myself to the speakers.

Didn't stand up in the back and say, "That's just flat out wrong, Professor." Everyone with a bestselling book, and I can just name you, Admiral Stavridis, Jim Mattis, I can go on forever.

Yes, if Bret Baier has a book, we want him to do a book talk at the library, as does every presidential library.

Because books mean events, events mean gate, means repeat visitors.

The America's overseas bases have been turned into prime targets.

And that is from James Stavridis, Stavridis, I think.

The Pentagon's abrupt withdrawal of a dozen long-range B-1 bombers from a British airbase raises a host of troubling questions.

Vice President Vance said the move was made out of an abundance of caution after U.S. and British officials reportedly received warnings of a potential drone attack ordered by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

That's right, says Stavridis.

Stavridis, Admiral James Stavridis.

Yeah, he's right.

You have to stand together to support Ukraine so that Putin goes, you know what, I...

Better intelligence...

This is Stavridis.

This is the, uh, former NATO guy, who I happen to know quite well.

Um, an- another neo-con clown.

It's not just how much money, it's what shape the money is taking.

Admiral James Stavridis, the former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO and now vice chairman of Carlyle, wrote about this recently.

I thought he nailed it.

He spent much of his career around aircraft carriers and destroyers and the biggest ships ever built.

When I served in Europe, there were, there was an admiral in charge, a four-star admiral, and there were a bunch of Air Force, Army, and Navy folks on his staff at different positions.

Was that Stavridis-

So that-

... who was in charge then?