… national defense strategy we have right now, that makes it even more important because we are defending the homeland and we are taking back our hemisphere. There was something called The Monroe Doctrine was ignored for far too long by presidents that wanted to pretend like our backyard didn't matter. And then a president showed up and added the Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. And that president was Teddy Roosevelt, because he understood the importance of the hemisphere, and then foolish politicians over time let it fade. (03:19–03:27)
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Asserts that past presidents ignored the Monroe Doctrine.
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