Mark Esper: “We owe it to our soldiers to provide them the weapons and equipment they need to win decisively in future battles.”

The politics on this are really interesting, again, the fact that Joe Biden, who is very concerned about the youth vote has said that he will swiftly sign it if the comes. He wants the Senate to move quickly.

The other challenge, by the way, with going after regime change, the downside is you risk civilian casualties.

I think that, given the events of January 6, given how he has undermined the election results, he incited people to come to D.C., stirred them up that morning, and failed to call them off, to me, that threatens our democracy.

The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations.