#350 Mike Hayes - The Navy SEAL in Obama’s Situation Room During the Captain Phillips Rescue artwork
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#350 Mike Hayes - The Navy SEAL in Obama’s Situation Room During the Captain Phillips Rescue

Oct 22, 2026 · 5 hr 33 min

Mike Hayes is a retired Navy SEAL commander, national security leader, and business executive. He spent 20 years in the SEALs, ultimately serving as commanding officer of SEAL Team TWO and leading a 2,000-person special operations task force in Afghanistan. He later served on the National Security Council for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama where he worked on the START Treaty and led th…