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Taking A Closer Look At Michael Flynn

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Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn arrives at the Trump Tower for meetings with US President-elect Donald Trump, in New York on Nov. 17, 2016. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP/Getty Images)
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn arrives at the Trump Tower for meetings with US President-elect Donald Trump, in New York on Nov. 17, 2016. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP/Getty Images)

The American Conservative says Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser has a "warped" worldview. That may stem from comments retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn made this summer, when he described Islamism as a "vicious cancer."

But according to Patrick Tucker (@deftechpat), technology editor for Defense One, the Flynn the world knows today hardly resembles the man who served as an intelligence officer in Afghanistan. Tucker joins Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd to discuss.

This segment aired on November 23, 2016.

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