Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster,  former National Security Adviser and the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, discusses his new book, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World; why the US should not return to the Iran deal, a "political disaster masquerading as a diplomatic triumph";  how  Saudi Arabia can be "part of the solution" in the Middle East; whether the US can mitigate the potential loss of Turkey as an ally;  how his experiences in combat in two Iraq wars informed his approach to Iraq and the region; why he is optimistic about Iraq’s future; whether the US can sustain domestic support for US Middle East policy; and some remembrances of Professor Fouad Ajami.

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