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Issue Brief | May 21, 2025

FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act: America First Priorities

Every year since 1961, Congress has passed the National Defense Authorization Act to support our service members and provide them with the necessary tools to meet today’s threats and support our foreign policy objectives.

The following overview builds on the transformational efforts of the Trump-Vance Administration over the last four months, particularly in the eradication of DEI ideology and the elimination of waste from the Department of Defense, and further develops its defense priorities by prioritizing the following areas:

Memo | May 7, 2025

New National Poll Reveals Strong Support for America First Agenda in First 100 Days

On the anniversary of President Trump’s first 100 days in office for his second term, the media, progressives, and biased pollsters went into overdrive pushing a false narrative on the American peoples’ support for his administration and policy agenda.

Op-Ed | May 6, 2025

Empower the Border Patrol with the Technology it Needs

In mere weeks, the Border Patrol achieved President Donald Trump’s goal of bringing security and operational control along the southern border.

Op-Ed | April 25, 2025

Trump’s Bold Diplomacy on the Ukraine War and Iranian Nuclear Program

There was a lot of movement this week on two intractable global security problems when the Trump Administration put forward proposals that defied the foreign policy establishment to end the war in Ukraine and halt Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. There were predictable condemnations of Trump’s proposals from parties to these disputes, European leaders, foreign policy experts, and the mainstream media. However, Trump officials made clear that they will not agree to endless negotiations on these disputes and are prepared to walk away if the president’s proposals are rejected.

Op-Ed | April 6, 2025

An America First Approach to Syria

We should accept that we cannot solve Syria’s problems, at least not right now, and so should not waste precious time and resources on local politics. America has struggled since President Obama to get Syria policy right, largely because of being overwhelmed by a long list of critical issues—from the humanitarian toll of the civil war, pushing out Assad and facilitating a political transition to the actions of our global and regional adversaries there. It was a classic case of the adage “when everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.”

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