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Perry Johnson: Defense was never more important than it is today

The single most important thing that we have in the United States is defense. In fact, you have to realize that the only reason the tax bill was passed was in order to provide for the national defense in the early 19 hundreds. We introduced the tax again and we were taxing at the rate of 3%. What happened is we had to do that because we needed defense. Defense was never more important than it is today.
Source: C-SPAN coverage of 2023 Presidential hopefuls Aug 11, 2023

Vivek Ramaswamy: We are way behind; need modern Monroe Doctrine

We need a modern Monroe Doctrine in this country. The dirty little secret, Maria, is that much of our military defense spending in the last several decades has not actually gone to national defense. The reality is, if we do enter a serious conflict, and I worry that Joe Biden is sleepwalking us into potential nuclear conflict with Russia, and Russia and China being in a military alliance with one another that would mean both nations.

The reality is, we need defense capabilities of the homeland, nuclear defense capabilities, cyber defense capabilities, super EMP, electromagnetic pulse capabilities, that could take out our electric grid. We are way behind. And so the hallmark of my foreign policy is going to be you don't mess with the homeland. Start with that first.

Source: Fox News on 2023 Presidential hopefuls May 4, 2023

Chase Oliver: China just an excuse to fund military industrial complex

On China, Oliver said he feels there's been much saber rattling, but that both countries are so economically dependent on one another that he sees Chinese aggression as "somewhat of a hollow threat" that some officials use to increase funding for the U.S. military industrial complex.
Source: Cedar Rapids Gazette on 2023 Presidential hopefuls Jul 23, 2023

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2024 Presidential contenders on Homeland Security:
  Candidates for President & Vice-President:
V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA)
Chase Oliver(L-GA)
Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA)
Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL)
Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH)
Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN)
Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)

2024 presidential primary contenders:
Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE)
N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R)
N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R)
Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R)
S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R)
Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R)
Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN)
Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH)
S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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