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After Afghanistan, our veterans need continued support

President Biden’s incompetent handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was challenging to watch. The American people are rightly outraged by the abject weakness displayed by the president and his advisors. No community feels this pain more acutely than America’s veterans, especially those who served in Afghanistan. For two decades, members of our military served...

Rep. Ted Budd

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Friday Interview: Assessing American Safety Ten Years After 9/11

RALEIGH — As people across the United States commemorated the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., many wondered how well the nation has improved its ability to prevent similar terrorist attacks today. That was one of the topics Juan Zarate, senior adviser to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, addressed during a recent lecture at Duke University. Zarate was deputy national security adviser for combating terrorism from 2005 to 2009. After his speech, Zarate discussed the current state of federal anti-terrorism measures with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.

CJ Staff