Navigating the Senate Confirmation Process: Challenges and Reforms

Arnold Punaro, retired USMC Major General and author of If Confirmed: An Insider's View of the National Security Confirmation Process, joins the show to talk about his infantry service in Vietnam and his experiences serving in Washington DC.

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Times 

    •      01:35 Introduction

    •      05:40 5 weeks

    •      10:51 Officer training  

    •      13:18 3/7

    •      16:37 Jungle fighting      

    •      23:25 Wounded    

    •      31:32 Payback 

    •      36:35 Bad situation

    •      40:10 Getting home 

    •      45:46 The Senate

    •      49:28 Getting the facts

    •      54:00 Service

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