And frankly, we've cut back and we're spending around 3%, you know, half of what we did at as a percentage of our economy during Reagan, a lot less than we did under Eisenhower, Kennedy in that era. And so we, and frankly, remember Democrats spent $2.7 trillion on the American rescue plan and a much misnamed inflation reduction act when Biden was president, not a dime of that was on for defense or border security. Not a dime. So they let the stockpiles run down. We've sent Ukraine a lot of things. I have no objection to that. I think the fight that Ukraine is waging is an important one. (11:56–12:10)
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