Hey everybody I'm really happy my guest today is somebody I've known for a long time

greatly admired somebody who worked on my campaign

at a senior level.

James R. Webb is a third generation marine journalist,

writer, political consultant who has worked in the US Senate and on political campaigns, including the 2024 presidential

election for my campaign. Incidentally, Jim's father is James Webb Jr. who served in the United States Senate,

who was also in the Marine.

And I think actually your family may be a third generation Marine,

but I think you are in the military all the way back

almost to the Revolutionary War.

As I recall, I read your father's

That's correct.

A biography, which is a fantastic book that I highly recommend.

I was born fighting or born to fight.

It was born fighting which I read it 20 years ago.

In 2004, he spent a summer embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

As a journalist journalist he then dropped out of Penn State and enlisted in

the Marine Corps as an infantryman serving 2005 to 2010 as in Iraq.

He served in Iraq.

He fought at the Battle of Mar Ramadi between 2006 and 2007. As part of a weapons company following the Marine Corps.

He finished his college degree while working as a defense contractor.

He also began writing opinion pieces for multiple outlets. Those caught the attention

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