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Tom Steyer on Homeland Security

Democratic Presidential Challenger; CEO

 


Need to change world view from war to climate change

This view of the world, that our response should be military is driven by our gigantic military complex and ignores the biggest problem that we face, which is climate change. It can only be solved with diplomacy and allies. So in fact, what we are listening to is a discussion of 20 years of failed military action and how we should continue spending $700 billion dollars a year on defense when we spend $70 billion dollars a year at the federal level on education.
Source: 8th Democrat 2020 primary debate, St. Anselm College in NH , Feb 7, 2020

National Service Plan: $50B for public service

For the last several years, Tom has traveled around the country listening to young students talk about their vision for the future of this nation. Many are ready to roll up their sleeves and join millions of others in tackling the challenges we face both at home and abroad. Tom's New National Service Plan will channel this energetic spirit into a historic $50 billion expansion of our public service programs to address pressing challenges in communities across our country and abroad. He will pass an updated Serve America Act in his first 100 days as president, increase public service program living allowances and educational benefits, and increase public service participation to one million positions in five years.
Source: 2020 Presidential campaign website TomSteyer.com , Feb 3, 2020

Refocus and reduce U.S. military spending

Steyer criticizes Trump for losing the trust of military leadership, unnecessarily increasing Pentagon spending, and appointing "incompetent" officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs He backs an overall reduction in U.S. military spending, but says he will ensure the U.S. military is the "best-trained and best-equipped fighting force in the world." He argues that more defense spending should go toward emerging threats, including information warfare and climate change.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations on 2019 Democratic primary , Dec 24, 2019

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Brian Dahle
Caitlyn Jenner
Doug Ose
John Chiang
John Cox
Kevin Faulconer
Kevin Paffrath
Laura Smith
Rob Bonta
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Adam Schiff
Alex Padilla
Barbara Lee
Gail Lightfoot
James Bradley
Jerome Horton
Katie Porter
Laphonza Butler
Lily Zhou
Mark Meuser
Steve Garvey

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