Sep 03, 2019
As we roll into the final days of summer, The Heritage Foundation is thinking deeply about how we can rebuild and modernize the U.S. military. Last week, Thomas Spoehr, director of Heritage’s Center for National Defense, released his report on how the Army can meet the future. Read more about it below. We also had to correct former Vice President Joe Biden, who wrongly claimed that Heritage condemned the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and implied that we supported the repeal of the tax cuts to solve the debt crisis. Heritage President Kay Coles James was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Republican Party of Virginia. Read on for more news and updates!
Rebuilding the U.S. Army 
Heritage has released a special report as part of its series on how to rebuild America’s military. The U.S. Army is making a concerted effort to change in order to meet the future. Thomas Spoehr, director of Heritage's Center for National Defense, writes, “In the past, the Army has had the luxury to develop concepts and doctrine based on a single monolithic adversary (e.g., the Soviet Union) operating in a defined geographic area (e.g., Central Europe).” But, Spoehr says, “The situation today could not be more different.” This is Heritage’s
second special report on rebuilding America’s military. The first, published in March 2018, focused on the U.S. Marine Corps. Its impact could be seen <[link removed]> in U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger’s plan for the future of the Marine Corps. Read Heritage’s special report on rebuilding the U.S. Army. <[link removed]>
Dumbfounded by Biden’s Tax Cut Claim
Former Vice President Joe Biden stated last week that “even The Heritage Foundation” has “pointed out” that President Donald Trump’s tax cuts did not work. There’s just one problem: It’s not true. Adam Michel, a senior policy analyst in Heritage’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget, told Fox News that Biden's comments left him "dumbfounded." Michel responded in multiple news interviews. “I think I've written something basically every week for the last year that says the tax cuts are working. I even wrote a piece on why Biden's proposal to repeal the 2017 tax cuts would hurt all Americans and cost the middle class the most,” said Michel. Watch Michel’s response on Fox News <[link removed]> and check out our interactive map to see how the tax cuts are helping your community <[link removed]>.
Heritage President Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Republican Party of Virginia awarded Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James its Lifetime Achievement Award for her lifelong commitment to helping improve the lives of Virginia’s citizens. In addition to presenting James with the Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on Aug. 24, the Republican Party of Virginia also honored James by introducing an award named for her. The new Kay Coles James Award will be presented annually to an individual who brings traditional American values into minority communities in Virginia. Learn more about James’ award. <[link removed]>
HAPPENING AT HERITAGE
Three Heritage Foundation experts had the opportunity to speak at the American Political Science Association’s annual meeting. Learn more about their presentations.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently announced that it will end the infamous qualified mortgage patch, a move that Heritage has been pushing for since 2014. Read about our impact. <[link removed]>
The Marine Corps’ new commandant echoes Heritage’s recommendations. Find out how it happened. <[link removed]>
Friday at noon, retired Lt. Gen. Thomas Spoehr, director of Heritage’s Center for National Defense, will discuss his special report on rebuilding the U.S. Army. The event is hosted by Jen Judson, a land warfare reporter at Defense News. Watch the event. <[link removed]>
HERITAGE PODCASTS
This week on the “Heritage Explains” podcast, Daren Bakst, a senior research fellow in Heritage’s Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, talks about the intense scrutiny the Trump administration has received from the left for making revisions to the Endangered Species Act and how President Trump’s changes could actually make the Endangered Species Act better. Listen to the podcast <[link removed]> or watch it on YouTube <[link removed]>.
On the “Liberty and Justice for All” podcast, Paul Winfree, director of Heritage’s Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and Richard F. Aster fellow, talks to Andrew Cryan, managing director and executive producer at Econ Films, about new survey data on what the public knows about economics, communicating economic ideas, and what it takes to establish a public narrative around economics. Listen to the podcast <[link removed]>.
HERITAGE IN THE NEWS
Here are the highlights from the dozens of cable news shows featuring Heritage experts. They touched on hot topics like China and trade, fact-checking former Vice President Joe Biden on tax cuts, the state of the economy, and more. Watch the video <[link removed]>.
POLICY PICTURE
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