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General Assembly: “I have ended seven unendable wars.” September 23, 2025 JD Vance stated on August 24, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation." August 26, 2025 X posts stated on August 23, 2025 in an X post: An Aug. 23 video shows “the military’s already showing up in Chicago” before a potential National Guard deployment. August 25, 2025 Social Media stated on June 10, 2025 in an ad on Craigslist: Companies called “T-Mellon Events” and “Fight Fite Fight LLC” are offering to pay “seat fillers” in Washington, D.C, on June 14. June 13, 2025 Social Media stated on June 9, 2025 in social media posts: California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025. 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Donald Trump Construct an Iron Dome-like missile defense system for the U.S. Trump releases vague, but ambitious, vision for missile defense | February 4, 2025
Donald Trump Reinstate the military’s transgender ban Judge blocks Defense Department policy banning transgender troops | March 19, 2025
Joe Biden Protect military personnel and veterans from deportation Joe Biden compromises on promise to protect military personnel and veterans from deportation | December 30, 2024
Joe Biden Reverse the transgender military ban Biden signs executive order banning discrimination against transgender service members | January 25, 2021
Joe Biden Rejoin Iran nuclear deal Biden administration unable to put Iran nuclear deal back together | November 25, 2024
Joe Biden End wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East An end to the Afghanistan War, but continued fighting against Iranian proxies | March 19, 2024
Donald Trump Keep Guantanamo Bay Detention Center open Trump signs order keeping Guantanamo prison open | January 31, 2018
Donald Trump Bring back waterboarding Donald Trump’s vow to ‘bring back waterboarding’? Consider it broken | January 3, 2019
Donald Trump Rebuild the U.S. Navy toward the goal of 350 ships Ships added, but goal remains a long way off | July 15, 2020
Donald Trump Provide the U.S. Air Force with 1,200 fighter aircraft More fighter jets, but many unready for combat | July 15, 2020
