Annie Jacobsen

And then they, Others have conversations about it. So hope may not be an option inside the nuclear command and control, the same as luck is not an option. And I would say that's more of what we've been working with. But for me, just in my own lane, hope is absolutely imperative.

And then they, Others have conversations about it. So hope may not be an option inside the nuclear command and control, the same as luck is not an option. And I would say that's more of what we've been working with. But for me, just in my own lane, hope is absolutely imperative.

And then they, Others have conversations about it. So hope may not be an option inside the nuclear command and control, the same as luck is not an option. And I would say that's more of what we've been working with. But for me, just in my own lane, hope is absolutely imperative.

And so that's where I tell, and I believe in the power of the president, unfortunately, like it or not, the American president is so powerful, his EO pen. And we're seeing that now. I mean, I've been writing about presidents since Truman and I'm, and I've been writing about EOs and I've been writing about title 50 and title 10. And I know about the power of the president, but

And so that's where I tell, and I believe in the power of the president, unfortunately, like it or not, the American president is so powerful, his EO pen. And we're seeing that now. I mean, I've been writing about presidents since Truman and I'm, and I've been writing about EOs and I've been writing about title 50 and title 10. And I know about the power of the president, but

And so that's where I tell, and I believe in the power of the president, unfortunately, like it or not, the American president is so powerful, his EO pen. And we're seeing that now. I mean, I've been writing about presidents since Truman and I'm, and I've been writing about EOs and I've been writing about title 50 and title 10. And I know about the power of the president, but

And, you know, we we've seen this evolve over decades or I certainly haven't. So I'm not surprised that this president is demonstrating power that has always been there. And you can really have a longer conversation. We probably should about back to the church commission when Rumsfeld and Cheney were with Ford. I mean, I've written it. This is where this all. So the path.

And, you know, we we've seen this evolve over decades or I certainly haven't. So I'm not surprised that this president is demonstrating power that has always been there. And you can really have a longer conversation. We probably should about back to the church commission when Rumsfeld and Cheney were with Ford. I mean, I've written it. This is where this all. So the path.

And, you know, we we've seen this evolve over decades or I certainly haven't. So I'm not surprised that this president is demonstrating power that has always been there. And you can really have a longer conversation. We probably should about back to the church commission when Rumsfeld and Cheney were with Ford. I mean, I've written it. This is where this all. So the path.

So without digressing the power, the presidential pen is powerful. And I do believe that that is where the hopefulness lies. And I'm going to tell me briefly, tell the story, the one hopeful story about Reagan. Yeah, because I'm ready. I believe we can repeat itself. But Reagan was a hawk. He was a nuclear hawk. We all know this. We're old enough to know this. And he believed in nuclear weapons.

So without digressing the power, the presidential pen is powerful. And I do believe that that is where the hopefulness lies. And I'm going to tell me briefly, tell the story, the one hopeful story about Reagan. Yeah, because I'm ready. I believe we can repeat itself. But Reagan was a hawk. He was a nuclear hawk. We all know this. We're old enough to know this. And he believed in nuclear weapons.

So without digressing the power, the presidential pen is powerful. And I do believe that that is where the hopefulness lies. And I'm going to tell me briefly, tell the story, the one hopeful story about Reagan. Yeah, because I'm ready. I believe we can repeat itself. But Reagan was a hawk. He was a nuclear hawk. We all know this. We're old enough to know this. And he believed in nuclear weapons.

He thought more nuclear weapons made Americans more safe. To your point about like, would cyber help all that? He was coming up with all these ideas. His staff was, you know, barraging him with new ideas. And then he watched an ABC television movie called Day After. And his staff told him not to watch it. He did anyways.

He thought more nuclear weapons made Americans more safe. To your point about like, would cyber help all that? He was coming up with all these ideas. His staff was, you know, barraging him with new ideas. And then he watched an ABC television movie called Day After. And his staff told him not to watch it. He did anyways.

He thought more nuclear weapons made Americans more safe. To your point about like, would cyber help all that? He was coming up with all these ideas. His staff was, you know, barraging him with new ideas. And then he watched an ABC television movie called Day After. And his staff told him not to watch it. He did anyways.

And he wrote in his white house journal that he was depressed after watching it, his words. And what did he do? he reached out to Gorbachev because he knew that you had to stop seeing the Soviet Union. It was the Cold War. The Soviet Union, the leader of the Soviet Union was the twirling mustache bad guy to every American. And Reagan changed that. He said that we had to see them as an adversary.

And he wrote in his white house journal that he was depressed after watching it, his words. And what did he do? he reached out to Gorbachev because he knew that you had to stop seeing the Soviet Union. It was the Cold War. The Soviet Union, the leader of the Soviet Union was the twirling mustache bad guy to every American. And Reagan changed that. He said that we had to see them as an adversary.

And he wrote in his white house journal that he was depressed after watching it, his words. And what did he do? he reached out to Gorbachev because he knew that you had to stop seeing the Soviet Union. It was the Cold War. The Soviet Union, the leader of the Soviet Union was the twirling mustache bad guy to every American. And Reagan changed that. He said that we had to see them as an adversary.

Enemies you kill in war, adversaries you work with so that you don't have a war. And that is why the world went... from 70,000 nuclear warheads in 1986 to approximately 12,300 we have today. Nuclear disarmament, I have learned from my colleagues who work in this lane, is the pathway toward getting those arsenals greatly reduced, which makes all of us safer.

Enemies you kill in war, adversaries you work with so that you don't have a war. And that is why the world went... from 70,000 nuclear warheads in 1986 to approximately 12,300 we have today. Nuclear disarmament, I have learned from my colleagues who work in this lane, is the pathway toward getting those arsenals greatly reduced, which makes all of us safer.