So I think, you know, the military spending, the national security strategy and our fiscal picture, these are not D linked, these aren't independent issues that don't hinge off one another. Our ability, and by Our ability... to have economic growth has been very much rooted in the freedom of navigation that the American taxpayer has underwritten through a massive navy. And I think, you know, that that bill, whether it's tariffs, whether it's, you know, you can couch it in which way you want, or whether it's forcing our NATO … (08:28–41:24)
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Asserts that global economic growth relies on U.S.-funded naval freedom of navigation.
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