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Trump and His Generals

September 12, 2019 at 8:45 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Coming soon: Trump and his Generals: The Cost of Chaos by Peter Bergen.

“An explosive, news-breaking account of the Trump Administration’s reckless handling of American national security, foregrounding the generals — Jim Mattis, HR McMaster and John Kelly — who tried and failed to maintain adult supervision.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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