The bottom line is that all this and more is a reflection of this belief that I outlined at the outset, and that is that Foreign policy cannot be separated from economic policy, from border, from energy policy, from any of these other spheres that are critical to our national interest. A country that cannot build ships or produce medicine or control immigration or access vital resources, cannot defend its people, cannot defend its interests, and cannot defend its way of life. (04:09–04:18)
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Asserts that foreign policy is interconnected with economic, border, and energy policies.
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