February 28, 2020 | 1 minute read

We’re joined this week by Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Ret.), who was the commanding officer of the USS Cole when it came under a suicide terrorist attack by al Qaeda in the port of Aden, Yemen. Commander Lippold discusses the Cole attack, his take on the Democratic presidential hopefuls’ stances on national security and the airstrike on Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani.