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Nikki Haley had sharp words for President Biden and some Republicans.

Daily on Defense: NATO mea culpa, Zelensky awaits Patriots, Austin and Brown face HASC, Gaza pier construction progresses

Daily on Defense: Zelensky walks fine line, Ukraine wants seven more Patriots, McConnell admits Ukraine aid ‘took too long,’ Blinken in Middle East seeking hostage deal

Daily on Defense: US plans $6 billion more for Ukraine, Russia presses advantage, Blinken meets Xi, Gaza pier construction starts, Navy gets new submarine

Hudson Senior Fellow, Jonathan Ward, joins co-host Peter Rough to discuss his new book The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China. In his book, and during the episode, Ward lays out the how the US gave up many of its economic advantages while allowing China's rise. Thankfully, according to Ward, it's not too late to reverse course, but we have to start by winning one decade at a time.

The ground has frozen. The aid is freezing, too.

With Ukraine’s counteroffensive stalling and Western support showing signs of exhaustion, will the war take a tragic tur...

That doesn’t bode well for future U.S. support.

Both Republicans and Democrats in Congress have the chance to do the right thing for America

Not surprisingly, the past few weeks in Washington have brought little Christmas cheer. The US Congress is engaged in a classic political battle of tradeoffs: Senate Republicans are stipulating that in exchange for their votes to provide continued support to Ukraine, the Biden Administration must get serious about cracking down on America’s open southern border.