Maureen O'Connell

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1,074 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 27 Mar

Maureen O'Connell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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58 points underwater.

And also Americans are not dumb.

We don't believe that if you're involved in military activity, you're not going to lose anybody.

Because, again, if necessary, military activity can only be pursued at zero cost.

There's no use in having a military.

Literally, the point of a military is to do hard and dangerous things.

That's why our military members are heroes.

During Vietnam, the Viet Cong counted on the idea that Americans would get tired, that Americans would get bored.

And after a while, they were right.

Americans did get tired.

After a while, they were right.

Americans did want out.

We should know that there were 50,000 American dead by that point.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, too, reality is that there is no way to extricate ourselves from this situation right now.

There is no way to extricate ourselves from this situation by simply running away.

That does not leave Iran in control of the Strait of Hormuz, which means 100 to $150 barrels of oil from here to forever.

And here's the thing.

Once we get to the end of this, if the Iranian regime falls, energy will become cheap again because the Strait of Hormuz will be free again.

You know, I think the objectives are pretty clear.

Secretary just laid it out.

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