A Conversation with the Commandant of the Marine Corps
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General David H. Berger, the 38th Commandant of the Marine Corps, has led the most significant series of changes within the service since the end of World War II. Watch the video for a conversation between Gen. Berger and Heritage’s Dakota Wood about leading and implementing change in a time of turbulence. Watch the video here.
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The Latest Research from the Center for National Defense
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The President’s requested FY 2024 Defense Budget does not match strategic intent, even as China’s defense spending and overseas threats continue to rise. This Issue Brief reviews the President’s budget request across the services and highlights the most pressing unmet defense needs Congress should consider.
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Leaders from the Army, Navy, and Air Force all dutifully reported that they expected to miss their annual recruiting goal this year by thousands. Critics should keep in mind that the recruiting crisis has not been caused by just one problem, and it won’t be fixed with just one solution.
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Maiya Clark and Jonathan Harman
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The State Department has finally moved to speed up the process to approve military equipment sales to allies. But with rising powers like Russia and China becoming more aggressive on the world stage, the United States must quickly expand its industrial defense base.
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JV Venable and Jeff Smith
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The Biden Administration is reviewing a request by the Indian government to transfer technology to India for the F414—one of the United States’ most advanced fighter engines. It is in America’s interest to strengthen defense ties with India, a key member of the Quad grouping, amid growing concerns about China in both countries.
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Thomas Spoehr and Wilson Beaver
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Congress should prioritize the funding of direct military capability to make the American people safer and to ensure their tax dollars are not being squandered. This report—the product of multi-day discussions with former senior defense officials, current and past congressional staff, senior researchers from think tanks, and experts from private industry—offers recommendations for reform and their potential associated savings.
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While the House proposes to stand up a new special inspector general, the public might not be aware that the United States still has a special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction, or SIGAR. But why does SIGAR still exist, operating at a cost of tens of millions of dollars per year, even though Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban and the United States has long since withdrawn?
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