Duckworth Puts Forth New National Security Platform

Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) delivered a major foreign policy speech at the National Press Club today, detailing her vision for how we can keep our military the strongest in the world. On the eve of the 16th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq, Duckworth argued that we can no longer only focus on the size of our military’s budget at the expense of our domestic policies—but rather, if we want to remain atop the global order, we need to recognize that investing in progressive priorities like our healthcare and education systems and green energy actually bolsters our national strength and better serves our military.