S2E3 #POOLIGANS & Friends: MICHAEL PERKINS (@dssmichael1991) -- Retired Federal Special Agent with the Diplomatic Security Service

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01/16/19 • 90 min

Today host @d_twit welcomes a self-avowed #POOLIGAN who just so happens to have spent a lifetime protecting others. Michael tells us about his life-long career in law enforcement, from his beginning as a police office in Louisiana to finding his calling at the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service. From his insights into the many places he visited, to his unique insights into what happend and who was at fault in Benghazi, to his view on today's State Department -- you'll be riveted by this very special guest and his impressive life of service.

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