An inside look at negotiations to free the Oct. 7 hostages
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[0:00] Welcome back to the Takeout. One of
[0:02] President Biden's former senior national
[0:05] security advisers is sharing a
[0:07] behindthe-scenes look at negotiations,
[0:10] fraud negotiations to free hostages
[0:12] taken by Hamas October 7th, 2023. The
[0:15] book aptly titled Brink: Inside the Race
[0:18] to Free the October 7th hostages. Here's
[0:21] part of my conversation with its author,
[0:23] Brett McGherk. Brett, I want to start at
[0:25] the end of the book and I want to get
[0:27] your appraisal for my audience's
[0:28] benefit. what you learned about in your
[0:31] dealings with Steve Whit, who is not
[0:34] well known to most Americans, but is
[0:36] crucial to how the president, President
[0:38] Trump, deals with a lot of foreign
[0:40] policy issues and negotiations.
[0:41] >> Yeah.
[0:42] >> What are your impressions of him?
[0:44] >> Yeah, Major Steve, he's such a he's such
[0:46] a character and I tried to I tried to
[0:48] bring all the characters in this uh
[0:50] story to life. Um,
[0:54] if I could just back up a little bit
[0:55] real quick. I mean,