And instead we devoted ourselves to sprawling, amorphous tasks like searching for new terrorists to take out while building up faraway regimes. Now, I want to be clear. The Trump administration has reversed course. No more undefined missions, no more open ended conflicts. We're turning, returning to a strategy grounded in realism and protecting our core national interests. (08:39–08:48)
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Asserts that the Trump administration changed U.S. military strategy to avoid undefined missions and open-ended conflicts.
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