Inside the Pentagon on 9/11 | Ambassador Matthew Klimow

Ambassador Matthew Klimow recounts his path from West Point and a 30-year Army career to the highest levels of U.S. national security, including his firsthand experience inside the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. We also discuss the chaos of that day, the early War on Terror, working for Vice President Dick Cheney, and his later diplomatic career as U.S. ambassador to Turkmenistan.Today's Sponsors:GhostBed ⬇️https://www.ghostbed.com/houseFOR 10% off! Quince⬇️go to: https://www.quince.com/housefor free shipping and 365 day returns PrizePicks ⬇️Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/TEAMHOUSE and use code TEAMHOUSE and get $150 if you win your first $5 lineup! For ad free video and audio and access to live streams...JOIN OUR PATREON! https://www.patreon.com/c/TheTeamHouseTo help support the show and for all bonus content including:-live shows and asking guest questions -ad free audio and video-early access to shows-Access to ALL bonus segments with our guestsSubscribe to our Patreon! ⬇️https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse___________________________________________________GRAB JACK'S NEW BOOK "THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN" ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/paperback/Subscribe to the new EYES ON podcast here:⬇️https://www.youtube.com/@EyesOnGeopoliticsPod/featuredJack Murphy's book "We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History" ⬇️https://www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chapters-Special-History-ebook/dp/B0DCGC1N1N/Or make a one time donation at: ⬇️https://ko-fi.com/theteamhouseSocial Media: ⬇️The Team House Instagram:https://instagram.com/the.team.house?utm_medium=copy_linkThe Team House Twitter:https://twitter.com/TheTeamHousePodJack’s Instagram:https://instagram.com/jackmcmurph?utm_medium=copy_linkJack’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr?s=21Team House Discord: ⬇️https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6"Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio"00:00 – Start00:57 – Growing Up in Upstate New York & His Father’s WWII Service04:31 – West Point in the Turbulent 1970s05:36 – Serving in Cold War Germany10:00 – The Old Guard, Reagan’s Inauguration & Washington12:20 – The Career Decision That Changed Everything15:06 – Traveling With the Secretary of State & the Balkan Wars16:55 – Madeleine Albright & the NATO-Russia Brigade Disaster23:02 – Working With General Richard Myers on the Joint Staff23:50 – Commanding at Fort Bragg & Returning to Washington30:39 – Inside the Pentagon Before 9/1133:32 – Watching the World Trade Center Burn From His Pentagon Office35:00 – NORAD Calls the Pentagon’s Red Phone36:27 – The White House Emergency Conference Begins38:46 – “The Building Moved”: The Pentagon Is Hit40:23 – General Myers Returns to the Burning Pentagon42:28 – Could U.S. Fighters Shoot Down a Hijacked Airliner?43:42 – The Chaos Between NORAD, the FAA & Secret Service48:47 – Watching the South Tower Collapse From the Command Center50:49 – Rumsfeld Returns & the Pentagon’s Command Crisis52:33 – Cheney Is Rushed Into the White House Bunker54:42 – President Bush: “Find Out Who Did This”55:36 – Running Out of Oxygen Inside the Pentagon58:30 – Rumsfeld Refuses to Evacuate59:38 – “What Haven’t We Thought of Yet?” & Raising DEFCON1:02:02 – Walking the Flight 77 Crash Site1:03:15 – Soldiers Try to Reenter the Burning Pentagon1:04:39 – Continuity of Government & Raven Rock1:07:05 – The Human Toll of the Pentagon Attack1:10:20 – General Shelton Returns to Washington1:13:40 – “We’re Going to War”1:19:38 – Going Home After 9/11 & Returning the Next Morning1:22:38 – Planning the Afghanistan War & Discovering Turkmenistan1:24:43 – Helping the Kabul Evacuation 20 Years Later1:26:44 – Anthrax, the DC Snipers & Fear After 9/111:33:25 – Afghanistan, Iraq & the First Year of the War on Terror1:35:04 – Working for Vice President Dick Cheney1:36:47 – A Credible Terror Plot Against the New York Subway1:38:32 – The Threat of Terrorists Shooting Down Airliners1:40:34 – What 9/11 Exposed About Government Bureaucracy1:42:59 – Retiring From the Army & Joining the State Department1:46:20 – How You Actually Become a U.S. Ambassador1:49:29 – Becoming Ambassador to Turkmenistan1:51:30 – Turkmenistan, Russia & “Positive Neutrality”1:55:17 – Natural Gas, Europe & Reducing Dependence on Russia1:58:15 – How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Changed Central Asia2:00:00 – Diplomacy, Political Prisoners & the Carrot and Stick2:01:22 – Fighting for Women’s Rights in Turkmenistan2:05:59 – Turkmenistan’s Future, China & the Caspian2:07:39 – What It’s Actually Like to Visit Turkmenistan2:10:25 – The Case for American Soft Power2:12:42 – Retirement & Trying to Be More Like His Father2:17:59 – Final ThoughtsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support.