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of the U.S.&#8217;s military defense spending within the last few decades has not been properly allocated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container mobile ad-h-250 ad-w-300 ad-placeholder-load\">\n<div data-iu=\"ban1\" id=\"mobile-mw-ad-ban1\" class=\"ad gam inline\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-container tablet ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/joe-biden-could-lose-presidency-because-afghanistan-marc-thiessen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JOE BIDEN COULD LOSE THE PRESIDENCY BECAUSE OF AFGHANISTAN: MARC THIESSEN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>VIVEK RAMASWAMY: <\/strong><i>We need a modern Monroe Doctrine in this country. The dirty little secret, Maria, is that much of our military defense spending in the last several decades has not actually gone to national defense. The reality is, if we do enter a serious conflict, and I worry that Joe Biden is sleepwalking us into <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>potential nuclear conflict with Russia,<\/i><\/a><i> and Russia and China being in a military alliance with one another that would mean both nations.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div data-iu=\"lb2\" class=\"ad gam\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div baseimage=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/biden-ukraine.jpg\" source=\"Reuters Photos\" class=\"image-ct inline\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"m\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><picture data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/biden-ukraine.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Joe Biden and\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<div class=\"caption\" data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">\n<p data-v-1fd77e21=\"\"><span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Ukraine&#8217;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2022. REUTERS\/Kevin Lamarque\u00a0<\/span> <span data-v-1fd77e21=\"\">(REUTERS\/Kevin Lamarque\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>The reality is, we need defense capabilities of the homeland, nuclear defense capabilities, cyber defense capabilities, super EMP, electromagnetic pulse capabilities, that could take out our electric grid. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>We are way behind.<\/i><\/a><i> And so the hallmark of my foreign policy is going to be you don&#8217;t mess with the homeland. 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