Nathan A. Sales: “When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, they prefer the strong horse. A weak America invites aggression, a weak…”

If foreign adversaries see the United States humiliated in such a manner, they will calculate that the United States can be pushed back at low cost to them.

I think they are, Congressman, in a number of different ways. The withdrawal from Afghanistan was an enormous morale boost for our adversaries.

I want to take a minute first to condemn the attacks on Israel.

National sovereignty is the fundamental basis for international cooperation.