During The Break

Eric Buchanan and Matthew Durham join me to talk through our withdrawal from Afghanastan and what's next. Who is Eric: Eric graduated from the Washington and Lee University School of Law Magna Cum Laude in the top 10% of his class. Before law school, he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute (studying History) and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1989 to 1994 where he served as a naval aviator, pilot-in-command, and mission commander of P-3C Orion sub-hunting aircraft. Among other positions, Eric served as his squadron’s legal officer, for which he was awarded a Navy Achievement Medal. Who is Matthew: Matthew Durham has worked on a factory assembly line as well as in sales, roofing, cancer research, and now psychology research. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and his Master’s degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and recently published his Master’s thesis. His research focus is on reducing political prejudice and polarization, and his thesis so