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I'm Shannon Breen from the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, a special hour on the state of defense, a report card on America's military readiness to meet the challenges of an increasingly dangerous world.

From the Middle East to Ukraine, the South China Sea to the internet.

America's armed forces must be ready to meet 21st century challenges to our nation's

security.

Israel's war with Hamas, the latest conflict to ignite instability, turbocharging

attacks on our forces in the region from Iranian proxies.

We'll give reaction from National Security Council communications coordinator John Kirby

about the restart of the war and the headwinds the Biden White House faces from Democrats

over conditioning future aid to Israel.

We're going to be so good at what we do that our adversaries go not today, not tomorrow, not ever.

Then the Joint Chiefs Chairman on preparing our men and women in uniform for the wide range of security

responsibilities across the globe.

General CQ Brown joins me here at the Reagan Library. And before serving in Congress, they served several tours of duty on the ground in

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