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The Pentagon continues to fail America’s small businesses and ignore their technology that could benefit national security by offering less costly solutions.
Artificial intelligence is so new and fast-moving that defense agencies risk acquiring emerging tools without a clear sense of how to use them.
Justin Sanchez • July 5, 2026
Elevating AI and chips to national priorities is essential, but it’s also time to give biotechnology and biosecurity the same strategic focus. The U.S. should stop treating biosecurity as a low-visibility, high-impact endeavor and recommit to biotechnology as a launchpad for economic prosperity, with biosecurity as the guardrails that keep us accelerating in the right direction into the future.
The White House goal is to equip the armed forces with next-generation AI capabilities as quickly as possible.
The Golden Dome should become a national priority and a lasting symbol of American strength, innovation and security.
After years of delays, the program is moving forward with a renewed focus on accountability, patient safety and long-term success.
Protection from a nuclear explosion in space would be pointless because physics, geography, economics and strategic realities overwhelmingly favor the attacker.
Reform is necessary. Repeal would be strategic malpractice.
American industry depends heavily on raw materials over which China has total or near-total control.
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