In the Pentagon on 9/11

September 06, 2017 00:33:13
In the Pentagon on 9/11
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In the Pentagon on 9/11

Sep 06 2017 | 00:33:13

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Show Notes

On September 11, 2001, Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen was a colonel assigned to the Pentagon. Today he's the superintendent of the US Military Academy, and he sat down to share his firsthand experience of the the attacks that day—a day that has influenced the operational trajectory of the US military ever since.

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