Washington Post Live in partnership with the Texas Tribune Festival: A Conversation with H.R. McMaster

Description

Former U.S. national security advisor H.R. McMaster joins Washington Post national security reporter Ellen Nakashima on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 11:00 a.m. ET to discuss his forthcoming book, how the global pandemic affects the most pressing foreign policy challenges and America’s standing in the world today.

This event was recorded as part of The 2020 Texas Tribune Festival that took place virtually Sept. 1-30, 2020. It is a Washington Post Live event in partnership with the Festival. You’re welcome to watch here or share this link with your friends and colleagues to watch it on demand anytime. This session was recorded and aired live on Sept. 29.

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This session is a Washington Post Live event in partnership with the Texas Tribune Festival.

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Speakers

H.R. McMaster

Former U.S. National Security Adviser

McMaster served as the U.S. national security adviser from 2017 to 2018. He served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army for 34 years before retiring as a lieutenant general in 2018. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He is the author of “Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World,” published in 2020.

Moderator

Ellen Nakashima

National Security Reporter for The Washington Post

Nakashima is a national security reporter for The Washington Post and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. She and her colleagues won a Pulitzer in 2018 for their coverage of Russia’s efforts to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Nakashima was also part of a team awarded a Pulitzer for reporting on the hidden scope of National Security Agency surveillance and its policy implications.