A former secretary of Veterans Affairs and former undersecretary of Defense, Robert Wilkie is a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation's Center for National Defense.
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In 1977, Jimmy Carter went to the University of Notre Dame and told America that we were beset by “an inordinate fear of communism.” By… Read More
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In March 1975, an American president was fighting to save an American ally from being overrun by an implacable enemy. The North Vietnamese Army, mounting… Read More
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As 3,000 rockets rained down on Israel, the world’s oldest hatred—antisemitism—reared its head in places once thought unimaginable. Mobs searched for Jews to attack in New York,… Read More
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There have been times when America has forgotten why we sent Americans overseas—and the duty we have to care for those who carry this nation’s… Read More
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The Department of Veterans Affairs was born of war. In the most biblically righteous inaugural address ever delivered by an American president, an exhausted Abraham Lincoln called upon his countrymen to… Read More
