And Matt, this is something you and I both worked up at in Congress. When you look at it, we, you know, we spend about a trillion dollars annually on defense. We've got troops and bases in 80 countries around the world. We've got about 175,000Americans deployed all over the world. And it's almost like we become this global police force and an empire, if you will. (02:31–02:36)
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