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H.R. McMaster
H. R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He was the 26th assistant to the president for National Security Affairs. Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1984, McMaster served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army for thirty-four years before retiring as a Lieutenant General in June 2018.
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October 2025
James, Steve, and Charles are back for a Halloween treat: H.R. McMaster joins at the top for a chat about military matters: the Maduro regime and boat strikes; UAVs and the fight in Eastern Europe; the Department of War and our readiness. Plus, the fellas defend cultural confidence, brave the Great Feminization, and name the most horrifying flick they've seen. Happy Halloween! - Sound from this week's open: Senator John Kennedy on the shutdown.
- Hosts:
Charles C. W. Cooke
James Lileks
Steve Hayward
- Organization
Ricochet
October 2024
May 2024
H.R. McMaster joins James, Peter and Steve Hayward to discuss the Biden administration's feckless policy on the war in Gaza; he explains Hamas' battalion strength and the IDF's delayed invasion of Rafah, along with the political balancing act that's keeping the president from doing what he must. Plus, the hosts enjoy the overdue campus crackdowns and consider the Trump campaign's pitch for a return to normalcy.
- Hosts:
Peter Robinson
- Organization
March 2022
August 2021
Peter's out this week, so it's a Lileks and Long show. But we wouldn't want to be without a Hoover man. Our guest is Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, whose decades of service in the Middle East make him the perfect man to help us make what little sense we can of the hurried withdrawal from Afghanistan. (And be sure to check out his piece in the Wall Street Journal.) The guys also wonder about what will come of Andrew Cuomo, the "probably-illegal-but who-knows?" eviction moratorium and the overall lunacy of bureaucrats. Music from this week's podcast: Lost Cause by Beck
- Hosts:
Rob Long
- Organization
September 2020
Another jam packed week means another jam packed show: We've got the Ricochet Podcast's Senior Court Packing and Confirmation Correspondent, John Yoo to help us sort out the coming SCOTUS confirmation hearings, and we've got Lt. General H.R. McMaster, U.S. Army, ret. to talk about his new book, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World. Also, a Ricochet Podcast Presidential Debate Preview and the weirdest Emmy's ever. Music from this week's podcast: Roar by Katy Perry
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- Organization
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, former Trump National Security Advisor, joins Host Ben Domenech for a conversation about his new book, "Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World." McMaster details his time in the White House and some of the policy initiatives made concerning China, Russia, and other countries. He argues historians will call some of the Trump Administration's decisions "the greatest shift in foreign policy since the Cold War."
- Host:
Ben Domenech
- Organization
The Federalist