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Army General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal: "The Greatest Risk Is Us" - So What is the Solution? (#69)

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The Greatest Leader of Men in Combat

Former secretary of defence robert gates calls you the finest leader of men in combat. Why do you think that is? I went first to afghanistan in two thousand two and then came back. But then i led our counter terrace forces for about five years, and we were deployed the entire time in combat. So we fought every night, every single night. At one point we were doing 300 raids a month in a rack alone. And so he gives me disproportionate credit. But i was part of a team that did something pretty amazing. We changed special operations during that period.

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