We were brought together by a common purpose, to serve the nation, to protect one another, and to be part of something bigger than ourselves. And that's the sentiment that I'm hoping to capture in the book, which is America's exceptional, yet America's in decline. And decline is not inevitable, as the famous AEI Charles Krotheimer said. But neither is renewal. Renewal is not inevitable either. It depends on what we do. (03:58–04:02)
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Asserts that America is both exceptional and in a state of decline.
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