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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.
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.
Reform is necessary. Repeal would be strategic malpractice.
American industry depends heavily on raw materials over which China has total or near-total control.
The approach allows for the adoption of new technologies faster, less dependence on a single vendor, and it keeps operations running as requirements evolve.
The experience in Israel provides real-world examples for other nations of how to manage mass-casualty threats from the latest dangers.
Artificial intelligence systems improve the speed and consistency of outputs, which is valuable in the right context but dangerous in the wrong one.
What was once among the most trusted institutions in American public life has seen its standing erode in tandem with the broader collapse of institutional trust.
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