7 ways to fix the most glaring issues facing America’s military
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U.S. military should be a bulwark of strength and focus yet it is increasingly entangled in a web of bureaucracy, political interference and a lack of mission clarity.
Chuck DeVore is a vice president with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, was elected to the California legislature, is a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, and the author of the new book, "Crisis of the House Never United."
Remember when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin commandeered headlines by declaring a military-wide stand down to root out supposed White supremacists and right-wing extremists? The order was predicated on the false claim that veterans were significantly overrepresented among those arrested in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The effects of this slanderous charge against those who serve their nation in uniform were as predictable as they were unsettling: a decline in recruitment and morale.