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As Democrats explore ways to drive up our debt and prepare to spend trillions of dollars on liberal wish-list items, Mike has been holding the Biden Administration accountable for their actions at home and abroad. From modernizing our military to keeping the Chinese Communist Party and their threats at bay, Mike is leading on the issues that matter most. 

 

Check out all the top headlines below and take this month’s foreign policy survey!

[WATCH] REP. GALLAGHER SOUNDS THE ALARM ON MILITARY GOING WOKE

Bottom Line: “It's the entire diversity, equity and inclusion bureaucracy that is being built within the Pentagon. When we take back the House, we have to dismantle it because it's actually harmful to unit cohesion. The military has to be a pure meritocracy. And if you start to view everything through the prism of race, you're going to start to really screw up our ability to fight and win wars.”

Is the Military Becoming too Woke?

[READ] OPINION: THE PENTAGON’S ‘DETERRENCE’ STRATEGY IGNORES HARD-EARNED LESSONS ABOUT THE BALANCE OF POWER

 

Bottom Line: “There is nothing new about this. Under the Trump administration, the Pentagon responded to Iran shooting down an American drone with a cyberstrike. Yet what ultimately reset the escalatory ladder was not a fancy theory of how “effects” in one domain impact another, but rather old-school, kinetic action in the form of a missile strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force.” –– The Washington Post

 

[READ] CHINA DEFIES U.S. WARNING, SENDS 52 MILITARY PLANES INTO TAIWANESE AIRSPACE

 

Bottom Line: “The flights began on October 1 when 38 People’s Liberation Army aircraft flew close to southwest Taiwan before circling back as modern China celebrated the 72nd anniversary of its founding, CBS News reported. Chinese planes flew 39 more sorties the next day and another 16 flights the day after that — all following a similar path. On Monday, the Chinese air force sent 52 aircraft, including three dozen fighter jets and a dozen bombers.” –– National Review

 

[READ] REP. GALLAGHER CALLS ON BIDEN ADMIN TO BLACKLIST CHINESE BIOTECH COMPANIES

 

Bottom Line: Gallagher told Fox News in a statement, "Biotechnology is a critical emerging sector that may well define the 21st century economy. We are only just beginning to understand its potential applications, both positive and malign. The Biden Administration must act now before it is too late to ensure that Chinese companies like BGI do not come to dominate this key sector." –– Fox News

[READ] ISIS BOMBER WHO KILLED 13 AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS WAS RELEASED FROM BAGRAM DAYS BEFORE ATTACK

 

Bottom Line: “The ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed 13 U.S. service members outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in August was a prisoner released from Bagram Air Base on Aug. 15 after the Taliban seized control of the facility. Officials confirmed the details to Fox News...that intelligence sources reported that the suicide bomber was one of the 7,000 prisoners housed at Bagram prison, and released by the Taliban last month.” –– Fox News

 

Thank you for reading this month’s edition of the Foreign Policy Newsletter –– we’ll be in touch soon as we monitor developing stories from around the globe.

 

Gallagher Foreign Policy HQ