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Political leaders are ignoring dangerous threats to American national sovereignty, security and citizens' peace of mind.
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The volume of migration to the US from Mexico dropped 53% between 2003 and 2017.
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Learning from what actually worked during the United Nations' infamously ineffective 1994 peacekeeping mission in Rwanda…
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