Pete Hegseth: “It is time to bring our Marine home, long overdue, and get him the care that he has earned.”

A lot of our capabilities are classified, but if anybody in the world can reach anything on God’s green Earth, it’s the United States military, the most powerful military in the world.

There is a cost to doing very difficult things, to going out and defending your country, and ensuring radical Islamist crazies don’t get a nuclear weapon.

Without extra money from Congress, the department would face critical shortfalls that threaten our ability to pay our service members, rapidly replenish equipment and munitions, and sustain vital operations without disruption.

Standalone Article II authorities exist for us to conduct this operation on behalf of the defense of the American people.