Nat Towsen

Hi, I'm Nat Towson.

You're listening to American Power.

I'm your host, speechwriter, comedian, other kinds of writer, and most nobly, of course, podcast host.

I am joined, as always, by our panel of experts, our policy and military expert, Chad Scott.

Chad, how's it going?

Me too.

And our energy expert, renewable oil, the entire energy sector, you know him as Mr. Global.

I'm here with Mr. Matt Randolph.

I'm doing great.

And I'm very excited because we do have a special guest today.

And I want to jump right into that conversation so we can get into the meat of it.

Today, we are joined by Congressman Adam Smith.

He's a ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee and one of the longest serving voices in Congress on national security, military readiness and U.S.

foreign policy.

And Congressman Smith previously served as chairman of the committee and has spent decades overseeing the Department of Defense, U.S.

military operations, weapons procurement, force readiness and America's broader strategic posture in the world.

He's been deeply involved in debates surrounding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the current situation in the Middle East, China, support for Ukraine, Russia.

There's so much we're excited to talk to him about, including the current conflict with Iran.

And he represents Washington's 9th Congressional District, is widely regarded as one of the key congressional figures in shaping democratic defense and national security policy.

Please welcome to American Power, Congressman Adam Smith.