Rebuilding America's Military
22 December 2016
Rachel Zissimos, Research Assistant for National Security and Defense Strategies at The Heritage Foundation, discusses the National Defense Authorization Act, new numbers that show the continued decline of the U.S. military, and the executive branch's constitutional responsibility to "provide for the common defence."
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