So this is a long term threat to our economic security. It's a long term threat to our national security. The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, when asked what the single biggest threat to national security was, he said the debt. because he realizes with less money and with fiscal vulnerability that less money is going to be committed to our military and to our defense. (06:06–06:14)
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Asserts that Admiral Mike Mullen identified the national debt as the biggest national security threat.
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