WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR
BUSINESS AND HIS NEW BOOK
INSIDE THE 5 CITED BOX SET
TERRY ASHE CARTER
EXPLAINS HOW HE RAN THE
PENTAGON'S INTEREST OPERATIONS
AS A 25TH US SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE IN 2015 TO
2017. HERE IS GOT IS FORMER
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER
AUTHOR INSIDE THE 5 CITED BOX
LESSONS FROM A LIFETIME
LEADERSHIP IN THE PENTAGON
SECRETARY SIR TELL YOU ON THE
SHOW THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GOING START THERE BECAUSE
EXPECTED TO BE SIGNED BY THE
PRESIDENT THIS WEEK AS A RECORD
SETTING 738
BILLION DOLLAR TALLY FOR
DEFENSE SPENDING AGAINST
MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AT
RAY'S AT ELECTION
SECURITY GRANTS, ET CETERA ET
CETERA SPAWN SPACE FORCE AS
WELL WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS
RECORD SPENDING
ON DEFENSE.
>> IT'S IT'S OK IT'S BUT IT'S
THE NORMAL THING THAT HAPPENS
THIS TIME OF YEAR MEMBER IT'S
NOT THE
SPENDING BILL. IT'S THE OFF ITS
THE REGULATORY BILL, IT'S NOT
THE MONEY BILL SO TO THE
SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE. I WAS WAITING FOR
THE MONEY BILL WHICH IS YOU
KNOW YEAR AFTER YEAR WITH
GRIDLOCK. YOU DON'T GET
WHICH MEANS IF THE SECRETARY
DEFENSE IS THE MANAGER OF HALF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH I
WAS IN ADDITION TO BEING THE
GUY.
DEFEAT ENEMIES AND ICE TO STOP
THEM FROM BECOMING ENTITIES
RUNNING AT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. YOU CAN
HAVE THIS KIND OF UP AND DOWN
IMAGINE YOU'RE TRYING TO RUN A
COMPANY MUCH SMALLER IN THE
PENTAGON THAT ANY COMPANY.
YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME CERTAINTY
AND SOME PREDICTABILITY IN YOUR
BUDGET WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT SO
THAT TO ME IS ALWAYS FROM AN
IMPORTANT THAN THE
AMOUNT ITSELF, I'M GLAD TO GET
THE 750 ISH BILLION DOLLARS.
I THINK WE CAN PUT IT TO GOOD
USE. I WOULD NOT ARGUE THOUGH
NEVER ARGUED US SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE I WANT YOU ALL TO
KNOW THAT THAT I THAT I SHOULD
HAVE THAT MONEY AT THE EXPENSE
OF THE REST OF THE BE BECAUSE I
DO BELIEVE THAT OF THE THINGS
ARE IMPORTANT FOR A COUNTRY
STRENGTH IN THE FUTURE OUR
INDIE SPEND THE SPENDING
EDUCATION INTEREST RATE ALL THE
OTHER THINGS THAT THAT THE
GOVERNOR IT DOES SO I NEVER
SAID TAKE SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY
AND GIVE IT TO ME WHEN IT COMES
TO DEFENSE ONE OF THE TOP.
>> HEADING INTO 20 20 FOR THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC.
>> WELL UNFORTUNATELY WE GOT
CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN NORTH KOREA
AND TERRORISM 5 DO
THOSE RAMPS.
>> UP NOW WITH THE WAITING IT'S
AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW
MUCH THE THE FOOD, THE
TERRORIST PAY ATTENTION TO THAT
KIND
OF THING BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT
INTERNAL TURMOIL AND OBVIOUSLY
DIVISION IN OUR COUNTRY
SUGGESTS TO OTHERS THAT.
WILL NOT STAND STRONG
WITH FRIENDS WON'T STAND STRONG
FOR OUR INTERESTS
AND PRINCIPLES THAT'S DANGEROUS
BECAUSE THAT INVITES SOMEBODY
LIKE KIM JONG-UN OR THE
LEADERSHIP
OF IRAN,
RECRUITING THOUGH SHE TO WALK
ACROSS THE LINE. SO I WORRY
ABOUT THAT WHEN THE 37 YEARS I
WAS IN THE PENTAGON STARTED IN
THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION WE
ALWAYS TRIED TO PUSH
BACK ON PEOPLE EARLY BECAUSE IF
YOU WAIT AND LET THEM PUSH YOU
AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
THE US SET FORMULA FOR A BIGGER
WAR. WELL, LET'S FOCUS ON AN
RUSSIA FROM A FROM WHAT YOU
SAID.
THE PRESIDENT CLEARLY HAS AN
AFFINITY FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN THE
2 HAVE MET IN THE
PASSED WITHOUT MANY OTHER
OFFICIALS AROUND ACTUALLY KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
DO YOU THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
A THREAT TO
NATIONAL SECURITY WELL I
CERTAINLY WOULD NOT ADVISE HIM
TO SIT ALONE WITH VLADIMIR
PUTIN I'VE KNOWN VLADIMIR PUTIN
FOR 25 YEARS
I MET HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME
WE'RE SEEING MAYBE 1993 OR
SOMETHING WHEN WE HAD MEETINGS
WITH BORIS YELTSIN HE USED TO
SIT IN THE BACK AND
TAKE NOTES. HE IS FIRST AND
FOREMOST A KGB GUY YOU KNOW I
JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT'S
THE MINDSET. SO HE'S VERY GOOD
AT MANIPULATION.
AND I DO WORRY ABOUT ANY
PRECEDENT ESPECIALLY PRESIDENT
TRUMP DOES SEEM.
SUSCEPTIBLE WHEN HE GETS IN A
ROOM WITH SOMEONE.
YOU WANT TO
PLEASE WHICH IS REASONABLE, BUT
IT'S ONLY HARD PART OF OF
MAKING A.
A GOOD DEAL. SO IF HE IS I SAW
HIM TO WHAT HE DID WITH THEIR
2, ONE FOR EXAMPLE RESPECT TO
SYRIA WHICH IS KIND OF GIVEN.
THAT TRADE DEALS
AND EVERYTHING I WOULD LIKE IT
TO BE CERTAIN TO TO IS NOT A
GUY YOU WANT TO GIVE ANY GROUND
TOO. SO I WOULD NOT ADVISE AND
WHERE I HIS SECRETARY DEFENDS
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S I WOULD
SAY DON'T.
>> DO IT WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT
FROM THE TRADE DEAL AND DOES IT
PUT THE U S A NATIONAL SECURITY
RISK I.
>> I WANT MORE THAT HAS TO DO
WITH THE FUTURE.
DIGITAL IT MEANS FIND SOYBEANS
IS FINE AND I'M IN A DENSE AND
THE CULTURAL EXPORTS AND
SO FORTH WHAT WE HAVE BIG
ISSUES WITH TRADING WITH THE
COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIP. ALL THE
COMPANIES REPRESENTED HERE WHEN
THEY GO UP AGAINST CHINA CHINA
CAN BRING
TO BEAR THE COMBINATION OF
MILITARY ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
POWER THAT OUR SOCIETIES CAN
AND THAT PUTS OUR COMPANIES AND
OTHER COUNTRIES THAT WE TRADE
WITH AN INHERENT DISADVANTAGE
WITH RESPECT
TO CHINA THAT'S THE BIG THING
FOR THE FUTURE AND IN THIS
DIDN'T REALLY TOUCH ON THAT
THEREFORE I DON'T THINK IS
GOING
TO BE ANYTHING MORE THAN A
TEMPORARY BUMP IN THE IN THE
LONGER STRUGGLE GIVEN YEAR
EXPERIENCE IN NATIONAL
SECURITY. WHAT IS ONE THING
THAT KEEPS YOU UP AT NIGHT.
WHEN IT COMES TO
IT IS IS THAT WE'RE NOT.
POSITION IN THE WORLD
WHERE OUR FRIENDS WILL STICK
WITH US AND OUR ENEMIES KNOW
THAT POTENTIAL ENEMIES KNOW
THEY BETTER NOT MESS AROUND
WITH US. THAT YOU CAN GET AWAY
WITH THAT.
>> FOR A LITTLE WHILE
>> IT'S NOT A MATTER OF WHETHER
RECUR STRONGER MATTERS WHETHER
WE CAN PROTECT OUR INTERESTS TO
PUSH COMES
TO SHOVE AND I I DO I DO WORRY
ABOUT THEM THAT'S NOT A MATTER
MONEY YEAR OR
ANYTHING ELSE. I MEAN YOU KNOW
IF YOU LIKE
PEOPLE REBOOK IT'S ABOUT
WASHINGTON. THEY THE BIRD ABOUT
THE SITUATION, THE OVAL OFFICE
AND SO THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT THE
PENTAGON MINE AND IT'S WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE IN THERE AND
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO
DO WHEN YOU'RE IN THERE
MAKE SURE THAT ALL YOUR
POTENTIAL OPPONENTS KNOW
AND THAT IT'S GOING TO BE
TROUBLE FOR THEM IF THEY CAUSE
TROUBLE FOR US. YOU'VE GOT TO
HAVE THE WHOLE COUNTRY BEHIND
YOU
WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU HAVE THE
FINEST MILITARY IN THE WORLD,
WHAT WE NEED THE COUNTRY BEHIND
US AND THE SUGGESTION THAT
MAYBE.
WE DON'T UNDERSTAND OUR ROLE IN
THE WORLD, BUT WORRIES MAKE 7
TO STRANGERS.
>> SECRETARY ASH CARTE