US Military Is 'Right There on the Edge.' Here's What's Driving Its 'Marginal' Status.

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🗓️ 21 October 2021

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Summary

With aging equipment, a lack of adequate funding, and limited production capabilities, the U.S. military is ranked "marginal" at best. That’s the conclusion of the 2022 Index of U.S. Military Strength, an annual report from The Heritage Foundation that assesses the status of the military and the global threat level to the United States, which was released Wednesday.

"It's right there on the edge. It could handle one major war for, we believe, a limited period of time, but it couldn't do anything other than that," said Dakota Wood, the lead editor of the index and a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation's Center for National Defense. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)

Wood joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the findings of the latest index.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Thursday, October 21st.
0:10.5	I'm Doug Blair.
0:11.5	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:13.4	The Heritage Foundation 2022 Index of Military Strength is out.
0:19.1	The Daily Signal's Christian Mizzlewick sits down with Heritage Foundation Senior Research
0:24.1	Fellow Dakota Wood to discuss the report's implications as well as how America can
0:29.7	be best prepared for any military scenario.
0:33.3	And don't forget, if you're enjoying this podcast, please be sure to leave a review or
0:36.9	a five-star rating on Apple podcasts and encourage others to subscribe.
0:41.4	And now, onto today's top news.
0:53.1	The White House is preparing a plan to vaccinate children against COVID-19 pending the food
0:59.4	and drug administration's approval.
1:02.0	During a press briefing Wednesday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said kids five to eleven
1:07.3	years old are likely soon going to be eligible to be vaccinated.
1:11.8	The Biden administration has ordered enough vaccines for America's 28 million kids to
1:17.3	get the shot.
1:18.7	Right now, the White House is preparing a rollout plan to equip pediatricians, community
1:23.5	health centers, schools, and pharmacies with the vaccine.
1:27.8	Surgeon General said during the briefing that the Biden administration is also preparing
1:32.3	material to educate families on questions that they may have about the vaccine per CNBC.
1:39.5	We're preparing a national public education campaign that will meet parents where they
1:44.0	are with the information about the vaccines.
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