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Self-destructive spending habits are more likely to impact Americans’ daily lives than a foreign adversary. Cutting missions abroad is the first step toward restoring fiscal sanity and ensuring the solvency of America’s defense strategy.



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Germany’s growing European leadership helps US

In very concrete terms, Germany is demonstrating leadership of Europe and the larger Atlantic area alliance in creating the path to greater defense spending. This expands support of Ukraine in the continuing brutal war with Russia.

The post-Cold War world is finally clear

The world today therefore has both the feature of being a multipolar world — as opposed to bipolar (U.S. and USSR) or unipolar (the U.S. in the 1990s) — with more than two major powers and the feature of having a clash between two very different political/economic systems. 

Our duty doesn’t end when veterans are incarcerated

When a veteran goes to prison, they don’t just lose their freedom, but access to essential benefits. The very conditions veterans develop because of their service are often the same reasons used to strip away the benefits they’ve earned. 

Yes, Mr. President, they’re still talking about Jeffrey Epstein

It doesn’t really matter politically who is right about Jeffrey Epstein or why President Donald Trump wants people to stop talking about him. The relevant fact is that he’s made it clear what he wants, and many of his own minions and enablers think it’s in their interest not to give it to him.

How the F-35 became the best it could be

While the F-35 first saw the light of day in 2006, the version of the aircraft taking to the skies today is what commercial marketeers would promote as a “new and much improved” product.

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