July 14, 2022

In this 30-minute video, Congressman Doug Lamborn and Heritage's Patty-Jane Geller discuss critical issues related to maintaining a strong American nuclear deterrent, including the Biden administration’s controversial decisions to cancel key nuclear programs, Russia’s nuclear threats, and the rise of China as a nuclear peer. 

A stable and secure Europe is in America’s interest, and contributions to Ukrainian self-defense make sense. Haphazard, ill-considered, and profligate policies do not. Americans want to assist Ukraine in defending its sovereignty, while ensuring full accountability from Congress for U.S. taxpayer dollars spent. 

Despite military leaders’ repeated testimony that such land mines represent a useful military capability, the White House seemingly chose political expediency and banned their use. Despite military leaders’ repeated testimony that such land mines represent a useful military capability, the White House seemingly chose political expediency and banned their use. 

Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine has once again underscored the importance of military capabilities in an era of great-power competition, as well as the continued necessity for a strong NATO to safeguard the security of the member states—which is squarely in the U.S. national interest.  

If Iran becomes a nuclear-armed power, it will threaten the U.S., its allies, and partners, further support terrorism, and drive nuclear proliferation in the region. The U.S. must focus on stopping, not appeasing, Tehran. This means ramping up sanctions, expanding the Abraham Accords, and strengthening regional security. 

Guam is significant for US security. Given its status as a US territory and its proximity to North Korea and the People's Republic of China (PRC), there is a growing concern of possible threats that Chinese long-range missiles pose. Heritage’s Patty-Jane Geller contributed a section to this report by the Hudson Institute.  

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been indoctrinating cadets on critical race theory—in spite of claims to the contrary made by various defense and administration officials over the past few years that the Department of Defense and the military services were not engaging in such practices.  

You can always find a wide variety of issues submitted as amendments to the NDAA, even those that have absolutely nothing to do with national defense. But being irrelevant to national defense isn’t the worst offense of some of these amendments. Some would actually cripple our armed forces.  

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