Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall Loses Clearance Over Air Force One Remarks

The current administration stripped former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall of his security clearance after he made seemingly innocuous comments about President Trump's Qatari-donated Air Force One. The podcast hosts denounced the move and also highlighted the imprudence of Trump traveling to a NATO summit held adjacent to a war zone. Their discussion expanded to cover a fresh diplomatic bloc linking Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, recent shifts in Iran's leadership, and the parallel missile campaigns being waged by Russia and Ukraine.

Kendall joined the conversation to talk about his new book, Lethal Autonomy: The Future of Warfare Whether We Like It or Not, emphasizing his refusal to be silenced. The episode also mentioned the upcoming independence of the Shield of the Republic podcast and its affiliation with the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.