Robert Pape

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2,835 appearances 10 recordings 4 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 30 Jun

Robert Pape’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And he just wants to do everything he possibly can to try to get on a better track.

That's really, I think, where's that energy coming from?

Well, there's a whole story.

So I was on – I'm glad to do this in the public.

So in 2008 when I'm on the Obama primary team, I was on –

The Middle Eastern team because dying to win.

But I had a good friend, Sean Kay, who was on the NATO team.

So this is how it works in these primaries.

You get carved up into different parts or different issues in the world.

And I had I knew Sean for a long time, for decades.

And so I called up Sean one night.

I said, Sean, you know, the number one problem that Obama is going to face when he's elected is Iran getting a nuclear weapon.

Now, this is 2008, February 2008.

Most people are not – they're focusing on beating Hillary Clinton, okay?

This is – I'm just saying.

And Sean and I agreed on that, and I said, Sean, I got an idea.

If you're really going to get real pressure on Iran, we need Russia.

We need Russia.

And I'm glad to explain why I said that.

But we need Russia.

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