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More troops and stable spending needed to avoid future defeat in war, Heritage military report card finds

By Abraham Mahshie
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More troops and stable spending needed to avoid future defeat in war, Heritage military report card finds

The Heritage Foundation’s annual report card on the U.S. military praises readiness, calls for continued modernization, and warns that if troop levels do not rise, America will not be ready to win a war with a peer adversary.

“Not a lot has changed from last year to this year, but the trend lines are in a negative direction,” the report’s editor, retired Lt. Col. Dakota Wood, told the Washington Examiner ahead of its release Tuesday.

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