The 'Marginal' State of the US Military

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🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The military strength of the United States again is rated as only “marginal” in a new report, the "2021 Index of U.S. Military Strength", from The Heritage Foundation.

Russia is identified as the main threat to the U.S., but China is identified in the report as “the most comprehensive threat that the U.S. faces, [and] continues to modernize and expand its military and pay particular attention to its space, cyber, and artificial intelligence capabilities.” How should these challenges be addressed?

Dakota Wood, senior research fellow for The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense and the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss.

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Biotechnology company Moderna is asking the Food and Drug Administration to give it an emergency authorization for the coronavirus vaccine.
The results of Georgia’s presidential election continue to be contested.
The White House is ready for Christmas! First lady Melania Trump announces that the theme for this year’s decor is "America the Beautiful."

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, December 1st. I'm Virginia Allen.
0:10.3	And I'm Rachel Del Judas. For the third consecutive year, the military strength of the United States is again rated as only marginal and a new report from the Heritage Foundation.
0:20.0	Why is this the case and what can be done about it?
0:23.2	Dakota Wood Senior Research Fellow for the Heritage Foundation Center for National
0:27.6	Defense and the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy
0:31.5	joins me today on the Daily Single Podcast to discuss.
0:35.0	And don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or a five-star
0:40.8	rating on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe.
0:44.5	Now on her top news. Biotechnology company Moderna is following in the steps of its associates Pfizer and
0:57.6	Biointec saying Monday that it is asking the FDA to give them an emergency authorization for the coronavirus vaccine.
1:05.1	This comes as Maderna announced in press release Monday that the phase three study
1:09.8	conducted on 196 cases confirms the high efficiency observed at the first interim analysis.
1:17.1	The data analysis indicates a vaccine efficiency of 94.1 percent, and that safety data continue to accrue and the study continues to be monitored
1:26.6	by an independent NIH approved Data Safety Monitoring Board.
1:31.5	The results of Georgia's presidential election continue to be contested.
1:35.9	President Trump has called on Georgia Secretary of State Brad Rapinsberger
1:40.8	to recount all mail-in votes by matching ballot signatures to envelope signatures.
1:47.0	Raffinsberger has said that will be impossible since the ballots have been
1:51.5	separated from their envelopes to protect voters
1:54.0	privacy. President Trump has criticized both Raffensberger and Georgia
1:58.7	Republican Governor Brian Kemp on Sunday Trump said in an interview with Fox News that he was sorry he had ever endorsed
2:06.8	Kemp and on Monday the president tweeted, why won't Governor at Brian Kemp GA, the hapless governor of Georgia use his emergency powers,
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