INTERVIEW — GENERAL JACK KEANE – a retired 4 star general,  former Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army and serves as the Chairman of the Institute for the Study of War.

• Kabul siege: 12 killed in attack on American University
• Iranian ships harass US destroyer. Four small boats from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) harassed a U.S. destroyer Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz during a “high speed intercept,” according to multiple reports Wednesday. Two of the Iranian vessels came within 300 yards of the USS Nitze during the incident, behavior that was deemed “unsafe and unprofessional,” the reports said.