guards corps, that's going to be summoned up by anybody, democrat or republican. our responsibility is to the people of the united states. that's why i'm proud to continue to serve, and now we're in a new deployment mission to washington, d.c. to bring that kind of common sense back to what's happening in washington. >> i know you haven't endorsed anyone in this race, but we are living in a very uncertain world right now, israel-hamas war, war in ukraine, chinese aggression. that's starters, right. as a combat veteran, is there a republican or republicans who are running right now for president who you believe is ready to deal with this worldwide instability on day one? >> yeah, so you know, being in iowa i get to see these candidates firsthand, come to states and have conversations with fellow colleagues, and see what they think are the great national security risks. unequivocally it's the risk to