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The Spotlight with the Ambassador and the Chief
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November 25th 2020: The Congressman and The Admiral
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In this episode, we will take a look a Congressman-Elect Mondaire Jones. His life and his path to Congress. We will also talk to Rear Admiral Retired Michael Smith about his career and role in finding and leading the National Security Leaders for Biden.
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Mondaire Jones
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Mondaire was born to a young, single mother at Nyack Hospital and raised in the working-class Village of Spring Valley, which is in Rockland County. Life wasn’t easy, but the Jones family managed. And Mondaire’s mother always encouraged him to dream big in spite of their circumstances.
After Mondaire was born, his mother dropped out of college. She worked multiple jobs just to make ends meet—even with the aid of a Section 8 housing voucher from the federal government. Mondaire learned early on that, in a low-wage economy that doesn’t work for the average American, government assistance is necessary to fill in the gaps. When he was two years old, Mondaire’s mother was diagnosed with a devast
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Michael Smith
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Mike is a retired Rear Admiral who spent 32 years in the U.S. Navy in a range of operational commands including Commander of the John C. Stennis Aircraft Carrier Strike Group. Following his retirement he co-founded and is the President of The American College of National Security Leaders, a non-partisan national security think-tank.
In March of this year, Mike temporarily stepped down from his think-tank role to found and lead National Security Leaders for Biden, an advocacy organization that provides a means for the involvement of over 1000 Senior National Security Republicans, Democrats and Independents including retired Admirals, Generals, Ambassadors, Cabinet Secretaries, Service Chief
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