Mike Waltz: Congressman, Green Beret, Warrior Diplomat

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Jack Carr

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🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Republican Congressman Mike Waltz is a true warrior diplomat.

He is the first Green Beret elected to Congress where he represents Florida's 6th congressional district. A combat-decorated Army Special Forces Officer, he served as a defense policy director for Secretaries of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Robert Gates and as Vice President Dick Cheney's counterterrorism advisor between combat deployments to Afghanistan directly implementing policies and strategy on the front lines that he helped create in Washington, D.C. A Florida native, 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.

Today he continues to serve 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. The book’s proceeds are donated to veterans’ foundations. Mike is also a successful small business owner and is a frequent media commentator addressing issues related to foreign policy, intelligence and national defense.

You can follow him on Twitter @michaelgwaltz and learn about him at waltz.house.gov .

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0:00.0	This is the Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books with me, Jack Carr.
0:17.0	Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, Niron Clatter Original, presented by Six Hour.
0:21.2	My guest today is an extraordinary individual, Michael G. Walts, congressman for Florida's
0:26.9	Sixth Congressional District. He is also the first Army Special Forces soldier,
0:32.4	Grimbray, serving in Congress. He is unique in that he served on the front lines of the
0:40.1	war on terror, specifically in Afghanistan. Then was a policy adviser to the President,
0:46.2	the Vice President, and Secretary of Defense back in Washington. He has a unique lens
0:52.2	through which to view the last 20 years. Had an amazing time talking to him, we've got
0:57.8	to know each other over the past couple months and have a few initiatives that were working
1:01.3	on together that I hope to be able to share at some point in the future. But check out
1:05.8	his book right here, Warrior Diplomat, all the proceeds go to the Grimbray Foundation.
1:12.2	He's also a businessman who built and sold a business, so he has that background as well
1:17.1	when he's on the floor of Congress doing the nation's business. So without further ado,
1:24.1	congressman Walts.
1:27.1	Congressman Walts, let's jump right in because I have limited time with you and I'm so excited
1:31.2	to talk to you. I've lived up not too long ago through a mutual friend. And so we got
1:36.4	to catch up a little bit between, I think another time you're in the halls of Congress
1:40.6	on your phone between votes or something like that. So, you know, for me, from the outside
1:44.6	looking in, that's just kind of exciting to see just that you would take the time to
1:49.5	do that one. And then how busy you guys are back there doing the nation's business.
1:54.0	So thank you for making the time today.
1:56.0	It's a different kind of foxhole, man. You know, like some people asked me all the time,
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