Jerry Hendrix
@JerryHendrixII
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Hoosier Farmer, Retired Navy Captain, Strategist, Historian, Penny's Husband. Once flew with Neil Armstrong. No, really I did. Scored 9/10 with RateMySkypeRoom.
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1. Pleased to publish my latest essay in the pages of the
@AmericanAffrs
Journal regarding the challenges in the submarine industrial base and the problems they cause given the prominence submarines play in our war plans.
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Why not both? I mean you really can do both!
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And there you have the explanation. NAVSEA consistently moving the goal posts and throwing away the original advantages of a mature design.
Constellation Frigate Delivery Delayed 3 Years, Says Navy - USNI News
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The nation was Blessed by Mike Gallagher's service in the Congress. Compare the sheer competence of this man as opposed to the idiocy of Green and Gaetz and AOC and Omar. This is what the Founders hoped for.
.
@RepGallagher
’s parting speech as Chairman of the Select Committee, on how to win the new Cold War with the Chinese Communist Party.
“We must answer the call of history…” 👇
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Makes me feel proud and sad. Proud that the United States stood with the people of Ukraine. Sad that so many members of my party voted against it. Eisenhower and Reagan wouldn't recognize the growing wing of isolationists within the Republican Party.
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This is a clear civil rights violation. The
@DepartmentofJ
should dispatch US Marshals to enforce the law. If not the
@POTUS
should federalize the National Guard to protect Jewish students. There is clear precedent. Those obstructing should be jailed.
Jewish student wearing a Star of David necklace DENIED entry to his own university because he is JEWISH.
“I’m a UCLA student. I deserve to go here. We pay tuition. This is our school and they are not letting me walk in.”
Masked activists refused to let the student enter.
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Something big will happen in about six weeks.
JUST IN: 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 Russian President Putin arrives in Beijing, China to meet with President Xi Jinping.
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I wanted to share some thoughts regarding the recent 45-Day review of Navy shipbuilding. Bottom line is that
@SECNAV
should be commended for demanding the review and NAVSEA should be scrutinized for its common role in all of these delays.
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The fact is that the Obama administration’s diplomatic approach to Iran and subsequent JCPOA deal represents the most unwise and naive foreign policies in American history. History will not be kind to Obama and his team.
Trump's pulling out of Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran will turn out to be one of the worst foreign policy blunders in modern world history.
No doubt.
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I cannot like this map enough.
It depends on how you look at it. After all, it's all just part of one big lake ...
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John Kirby has deposited a lot of money in my credibility bank, it’s disappointing to see him withdraw this amount all at once.
John Kirby: If we don't see changes on the Israeli side then there will be changes on our side.
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Wrong. The goal is to destroy the entity that executed the Oct 7 attack to ensure the security of our Israeli ally. The age of appeasement is over.
The American ambassador to Israel, Jacob Lew : “The goal of the war is to reduce the power and authority of Hxmas, not to completely eliminate it.”
I’m not sure he’s the one to make those decision…
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They did, which tells you how much they think of President Biden.
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Remember that the entire situation in Gaza started because Hamas, with the overwhelming support of Gaza's citizens, massacred over a thousand Jews, and then paraded many of their bodies through the streets while Gaza's citizens cheered.
200 days ago, Hamas massacred this family in their home. They shot parents, Johnny and Tamar, and burned their three young children to death.
Do not for one moment forget how this war began.
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Mike Gallagher was and is a class act. Brilliant final statement as the Representative of Wisconsin's 8th District. The House is diminished by his absence.
"Drink more, tweet less. Get to know your colleagues in real life before trashing them on social media." - departing Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin)
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Its hard for me to say this, but a retired Army Green Beret Colonel really understands sea power in the Mahanian sense. He and his colleagues,
@RepGaramendi
,
@SenMarcoRubio
and
@SenMarkKelly
have found a great balance between commercial and naval ship construction and repair.
Proud to work across the aisle to rebuild America's dominance at sea.
China is currently out building and outpacing America - now controlling over 50% of global commercial shipping.
We MUST Make America’s Shipyards Great Again!
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This is disqualifying. Its silly and stupid as well. Divorced from reality. I can't believe how idiotic the who line of reasoning is.
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@johnkonrad
No real good book on him. Man who was comfortable in the shadows, "guy behind the guy."
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@cgberube
To be fair, CDR Kim is married with three kids, but it's a danger if those two got together.
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I am thrilled to announce former Representative Mike
@RepGallagher
will be serving as the inaugural chairman of the
@SagamoreInst
's
#MidwestDefense
Forum to be held at
@NotreDame
on August 12-14. We are glad to be working with a thought leader like Mike.
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5% of GDP is the normal level of defense spending during a Cold War/Great Power Competition period. We are facing two competitors now and spending for less than one.
👏👏👏👏👏
In Beijing someone is smiling about what we are spending in Ukraine......
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Biden is not a reliable ally. Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, Ukraine and NATO should rethink their policies while Biden is in the White House.
President Biden's decision to tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. won't support any Israeli counterattack against Iran was hit with a barrage of criticism Sunday from both sides of the aisle.
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This statement from the head of the venerable Heritage Institute only serves to highlight the extent to which Heritage has embraced populist politics at the expense of its long standing support for responsible conservative national security interests. Sad to see.
The latest foreign aid vote will be remembered for the choice Republican leadership made to brazenly reject its own voters in favor of the Uniparty in DC.
A majority (112) of Republicans voted against Ukraine aid on Saturday. Younger and newer members are particularly fed up
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The empowerment of the anti-semites feel right now is amazing. I never thought I would see this in my lifetime.
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The ambassador is correct. There is a better than even chance that China’s concept of operations has outpaced ours some years ago. We need to step up and objectively assess our options.
I hope this official is correct but it sounds like the navy dismissing PLAN carrier aviation capabilities just a few years ago. American defense experts have a long history of underestimating Asian rivals and we have paid a big price for their failures.
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What is the greatest war movie ever?
I agree with Private Ryan as the top of the list but We Were Soldiers is easily in the top three or five.
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We have the government we deserve. I don't know why anyone would serve in the House of Representatives, and I am comfortable with serious people like Mike Gallagher leaving this body. This exchange is exemplar of our current state of politics, unserious and unprofessional.
This video lays out what happened in tonight’s heated exchange in the oversight hearing
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“if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." Suicides among vets are all too prevalent. Please dial
#988
if you’re feeling the pull into despair.
Back in 2015,
@ScottPelley
of
@60Minutes
interviewed my infantry battalion commander, Col. Christian Cabaniss, after covering us in Afghanistan 2009. The topic: suicide.
As of today, I’ve lost 9. To reach out for help or access confidential resources for support dial 988.
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Go to the 5:43 mark on this audio file to listen to
@hughhewitt
and former President Trump discuss US Navy shipbuilding vs Chinese Navy shipbuilding. Trump demonstrates again his understanding of the dynamic in a way the President Biden does not.
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Dude, if you think that’s an example of “German violence,” there’s some films and books you need to read.
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@GrayConnolly
Admitted pretty bad news as well for Putin, Russia writ large, and Russian soldiers who will continue to die in large numbers in an illegal war of territorial aggrandizement.
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Congratulations to Mike Gallagher! It was a good run.
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If it seems like
@ElbridgeColby
and
@Alex_agvg
have a mutual admiration of each other’s work, they do and it has been a great pleasure to observe the two of them develop their ideas over the past decade.
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34 Republicans voted against aid for Taiwan and other Pacific allies and partners as well as supplying support to the submarine industrial base.
🇺🇸🇹🇼 The US House passes the Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, 385-34. Includes Foreign Military Financing for INDOPACOM countries, including Taiwan, and funding for the US Submarine Industrial Base.
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The Biden administration chooses to support the terrorists who conducted the massacre of 1200 innocent Jews on 10-7 over the security of a capitalistic democracy. Shameful.
BREAKING: The Biden administration is holding up shipments of two types of Boeing-made precision bombs to send a political message to Israel, according to a U.S. official and six other people with knowledge of the deliberations. Team effort w
@LeeHudson_
@paulmcleary
@reporterjoe
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The concept of the rule of law is difficult for many people to understand.
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This is really not turning out well for the NFL.
Harrison Butker was condemned by the
@NFL
more quickly than any of the players that were caught in rape, domestic abuse, drug, and even murder scandals.
All because he advocated for prioritizing family over everything else.
Watch the full speech:
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Ben Rhodes frustration with his inability to conjure up his own alternative reality via an echo chamber is palpable as is his unwillingness to acknowledge the massacre of Oct 7th or the Palestinian people’s overwhelming support for Hamas and its actions that day.
Performative politics today from so-called hawks who lament declining US influence while ignoring that continued unconditional support for a military operation that has killed over 15,000 kids is far more damaging to US "credibility" than stoping weapons shipments in line with
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NPR is being criticized because it receives taxpayer funding and is demonstrably biased in its reporting.
Can we please cut the shit here?
NPR is being held to a ludicrously higher standard than an outlet like Fox News, who do just about whatever they want with comparatively little pushback from industry colleagues, because American political media continues to revolve around
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From
@jamiejmcintyre
of the
@washexaminer
this morning. All I can say is that the next Secretary of the Navy could be the most influential since Lehman. The table is set to be run and the Congress seems eager to support a massive expansion of shipbuilding.
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US Air Force offers new bonuses to entice troops to move to cold bases
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I want to be serious and clear. If one nation directly attacks another nation militarily, then that nation and its territory becomes a target. This is part of the law of war stretching back centuries. It is not escalatory to attack a nation that attacks you. It is the norm.
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Supporting allies and partners in Europe and Asia while confronting Russian aggression has been a standard Republican foreign policy since the Eisenhower administration. In fact Ike chose to run only after Sen Robert Taft refused to commit to the security of our allies.
I can understand those who are baffled that conservatives are entertaining removing Mike Johnson from being speaker in an election year with a small majority. I haven’t really weighed in bc I understand the pros and cons. But those watching from the outside need to understand the
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6. There is a path back, but its not an easy of quick one.
We need another shipyard for the Navy to provide additional maintenance capacity. We also need to continue to provide a solid demand signal to the submarine building industry to enable them to continue to ramp up.
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We must absolutely support Israel and also also hold Iran responsible for its direct and indirect attacks upon the United States and its allies in the region. We have dithered to long, and stability has been lost in the region.
BREAKING: United States officials believe 400-500 drones and missiles will be launched at Israel.
The United States predicts that about 85% of drones and missiles will be intercepted.
The United States also appears to be ignoring Iran's warnings and *will* be assisting Israel
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Now clean it up and get it out of the woods.
What are your thoughts on this camping shelter?
📹 camping. bushcraft. mit
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Cannot say enough how proud I am to appear in the pages of the
@AmericanAffrs
Journal. Getting the conversation about the submarine industrial base in front of its audience is a big get for me as a strategist.
The U.S. submarine force is unprepared to meet the current threat environment, and there are no quick fixes. It has taken decades to fall into the current state of unpreparedness, and it will take years, as well as significant investments, to recover.
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“That dog won’t hunt” has taken on a new meaning in American politics.
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I’m so proud to know a man like Mike Gallagher and that he was willing to serve as long as he did. We need to work harder.
Rep. Gallagher released the following statement after the passage of the House National Security Supplemental:
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Given the Biden admin's decision to suspend PGMs to Israel, that nation, which suffered a massacre on October 7th, should move quickly to crush the terrorists in Rafah with the munitions that remain, forcing Biden's hand. Michigan's D voters are not more important than Israel.
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Incorrect. During the Eisenhower administration the DoD was allotted 10% of the GDP for national defense. That would equate to $2.5T today. RFK Jr. doesn't understand the world we live in, nor does he speak convincingly on the policies of his uncle's administration.
During a conversation with Ben Shapiro, Robert Kennedy Jr. laid out part of why the U.S. government's outlook on foreign policy is wrong.
"You can make an argument that Taiwan is absolutely (a) critical national security asset for us, and we cannot let the Chinese invade. The
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Now go on offense. Shoot the archer, not the arrows. Do the same for Ukraine.
At the direction of President Biden, U.S. forces in the Middle East on April 13 intercepted dozens of missiles and UAVs en route to Israel, launched from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. Our forces remain postured to protect U.S. troops and partners in the region, provide further
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5. With regard to submarine maintenance, we went from 8 Navy shipyards at the end of the Cold War to 4 yards today. Currently we are over 1100 man-days behind in submarine maintenance, or about 3 dry-docks worth of work, sidelining currently about 1/3 of the fleet.
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It's not China's sovereign territory. That has been examined and upheld in International Court.
US and its allies are not behaving brazenly, they are acting in accordance with international laws and norms.
China is acting like a thug.
#Comment
:
Uncle Sam, traveling over 8,300 miles from the mainland of 🇺🇸, came to the South China Sea, colluded with a few ill-intentioned "like-minded countries" and behaved brazenly in 🇨🇳’s territory, and then told 🇨🇳 not to “meddle.” What a delusional guest this is!
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The number of views of my LinkedIn profile this morning my members of a certain organization is interesting.
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@ElbridgeColby
Bridge I have been deep into Eisenhower's defense papers for the past four years. The facts are that while Eisenhower wanted to shrink the defense budget to achieve what he called "the great equation" his commitment to Europe's defense and his opposition to Russia was iron clad.
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1. Tempers flared between two former Sailors today as
@RepJimBanks
called upon
@SECNAV
Carlos del Toro to explain why the Navy is trailing the Army and Air Force in meeting recruiting goals.
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Hey,
@DanLamothe
! Did I call it or what?
Palestinian terrorists fired mortar shells at a pier that is being constructed by U.S. forces to bring aid into Gaza
The mortar attack occurred as United Nations officials were touring the site with Israeli troops on the coast of central Gaza, the IDF says in response to a
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Yes, and Burgum will help Trump carry North Dakota and other plains states. Wait a minute, Trump is already going to win those states.
NEW: Gov. Doug Burgum is moving up Trump’s VP ladder
Trump likes his measured demeanor & gubernatorial experience and sees Burgum as reliable and low-drama — a safe choice who could attract moderate voters.
w/
@juliegraceb
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This man disagrees. The Jews remember him and learned their lesson.
Spokesman for the White House National Security Council, John Kirby was just asked if the United States supports Israel’s Intention to Eliminate Hamas, which he Responded, “You’re not going to Eliminate an Ideology through Military Operations.”
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Former President Trump speaks at length with
@hughhewitt
about Navy shipbuilding and the importance of expanding the fleet and draws attention to the frigate program in Wisconsin.
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3. But then we won that competition and in a series of disastrous moves, we allowed the submarine industrial base, both shipbuilding and submarine maintenance workforce, to shrink precipitously from 50K workers to just over 12k and from well over 100 boats to under 50.
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I’m not impressed by any demonstrators who wear masks. Like anonymous posters on Twitter they lack the courage of their convictions.
Where are the disheveled fat guys that normally make up hate groups?
All these guys are young, clean cut, with fresh clothes, and are slim.
The Feds couldn’t have found some crisis actors?
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Please take a look at this note from America that I penned at
@NRO
regarding the challenges of recruiting teachers for small schools on the western range.
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Chris Brose, one of the smartest guys in the defense world, gives an insight within this article why other nations are able to innovate faster that we can in the United States. Our Navy's resistance to change is notable.
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Law and Order. "Ka-Kung"
When Pomona College students (and possibly others) rushed into an administrative building last night, President Gabi Starr told them they had 10 minutes to leave.
Then she suspended them and had them arrested.
(Warning: language)
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LBJ remains the most effective Senate Majority Leader in history. Only McConnell comes close to him in his exercise of legislative power, and really not that close.
What Nixon thought about Lyndon Johnson:
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4. Then we only ordered three boats across the decade of the 90s before shifting to the new Virginia class and attempting to ramp back up. However, the shortsightedness of the 90s has been difficult to overcome.
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The entire globe has become objectively less stable and more hostile to freedom loving peoples during the Biden administration. This isn't opinion, it's stark fact.
UNBELIEVABLE - Biden’s Secretary of Defense just said Europe is safer under his watch 👇
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Through a series of disastrous foreign policy decisions and a craven political strategy President Biden has squandered the prestige of the office of president and effectively reduced himself to the role of president of Dearborn, Michigan.
🚨 Breaking: Billionaire Haim Saban, one of the largest donors to the Democratic Party and to Biden personally, blasts Biden over his betrayal of Israel in a letter to White House 👇
“There are more Jewish voters who care about Israel, than Muslim voters that care about Hamas”
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His two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and the $2.2B his movies made at the box office really don't care what he wears.
Gene Hackman, 94, spotted in new photos wearing nearly identical outfit from weeks earlier
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Navalists! Vote for the Battle of Midway!
@WWATMD
@BuchananLiz
@hughhewitt
@goatmaster89
@brentdsadler
@tshugart3
“Most Important Battle or Campaign of WWII”Tournament
Final Round
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Prof Allison diminishes his reputation and his intellectual legacy with these statements. Very disappointing.
Having returned from a whirlwind tour of 9 intense days of meetings in Beijing, reflecting on my discussion with Xi Jinping:
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The far left is celebrating the fact that our current birth rate is below the replacement rate.
The far right is so obsessed with making babies, they just held a whole conference about it.
Behind the scenes at the first “NatalCon” ⬇️
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Never make a demand that you know won’t be met. Never give an order that you know will be disobeyed. Only you will be diminished by these actions, not those who you expect to follow your leadership.
BREAKING
The Israeli cabinet defiantly approves the continuation of the operation in Rafah, delivering a bold message to Biden.
RAFAH OP WIDENS!
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I have ceased donating to Harvard, the source of one of my graduate degrees.
🚨Just in: Pro-Palestinian protesters have taken over the courtyard in Harvard.
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It was a great honor to visit the
@TR_Center
yesterday and meet with its staff before giving a lecture last night on the topic of Theodore Roosevelt and the Navy. Thanks to everyone who attended. I love Dickinson, ND and
@dickinsonstate
University. Beautiful place.
Last night's guest lecture by Dr. Jerry Hendrix was a resounding success! We thank him for his visit, and the audience that joined us in person or virtually. If you missed it, you can view the recorded livestream here:
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I appreciate the
@HudsonInstitute
highlighting my recent conversation with
@MarshallKosloff
. We got into a number of "spicy" topics beyond just the continuing relevance of the aircraft carrier.
While China prepares for future conflicts, the US continues to overspend & delay the production of systems like aircraft carriers, which could soon fall into the category of "a weapon that you can't afford to lose."
@JerryHendrixII
examines how to change course with
@makosloff
.
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2. The essay covers a lot of ground, looking at how we leaped out to an early lead developing the first nuclear powered submarine and then focusing on quieting technologies. These submarines, fast attack submarines and "boomers" dominated the Cold War competition.
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7. I hope that you give this a read and consider the challenges facing the submarine industry.
@RepJoeCourtney
@RepGaramendi
@SenJackReed
@SenatorWicker
@RobWittman
@RepMikeRogersAL
@RepTrentKelly
@RepWaltzPress
@RepJimBanks
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Perhaps the right man for our time.
"Neither Israel nor these Jewish students on this campus will ever stand alone." -
@SpeakerJohnson
at
@Columbia
.
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Ridiculous and irresponsible. There can be no safe, sovereign democratic nations if one thug autocracy is allowed to seize territory through military aggression. There is no safety in appeasement, only a short delay of when you become the target of the aggressor.
NEW: Ukraine's best outcome at the end of Russia's full-scale invasion is to hold onto territory Kyiv currently controls, a top House Dem overseeing DoD told
@RobbieGramer
& me.
"If you have that, you have a sovereign, democratic country," said Rep. Adam Smith.
Quick thread.
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Just a reminder that the “rich” pay more than their fair share.
Giant corporations are reporting record profits, and the top 1% just hit a record $44 trillion in wealth.
Tax the rich.
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