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AFPF Partners with Retired Border Patrol Chief
The Americans for Prosperity Foundation is proud to partner with Retired Border Patrol Chief Chris Clem to talk about the border crises. We are bringing him around the country to meet with residents, local leaders, and state leaders to explain the reality at our border.
Read MoreAFP Foundation Travels to Iowa to talk about Border Security
Joined by Border Chief Chris Clem (Retired), our team travelled through out Iowa to have a conversation with local residents and leaders about how we can secure our southern border while still allowing for commerce and legal immigration. Starting in Spencer Iowa on Sunday and ending in Ottumwa on Friday, eleven events were held over…
Read MoreActivists Are Using the FCC to Target Political Enemies
AFP Foundation Senior Policy Analyst David Voorman recently published this piece for National Review, discussing the chilling impact of using government to end freedom of speech. Read the article at National Review’s site here. The Federal Communications Commission recently opened a public-comment period about whether the agency should renew the broadcast license of a local…
Read MoreShedding light on urgent immigration issues at the Mexican border
We recently invited more than 70 individuals from various parts of the country to McAllen, Texas, to find out if their assumptions about the U.S.-Mexico border matched reality. Al Bouldin, a small business owner from Greensboro, North Carolina, was excited about the opportunity to learn from AFPF and its team of experts. “I figured it would…
Read MoreHow the Phoenix VA scandal became a catalyst for reforming veterans’ health care
Our partners at Concerned Veterans for America Foundation regularly discuss ideas that impact foreign policy that we want to share with you. Please continue to their site to read their entire piece at the link below In early 2014, the media began reporting on delayed and mismanaged care at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The scandal…
Read MoreThe war in Afghanistan: Justified at first; a disaster in the end
Our partners at Concerned Veterans for America Foundation regularly discuss ideas that impact foreign policy that we want to share with you. Please continue to their site to read their entire piece at the link below The Afghanistan War was the longest war in American history. Launched in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terror…
Read MoreThe Iraq War was a blunder from the start. Here’s why.
Our partners at Concerned Veterans for America Foundation regularly discuss ideas that impact foreign policy that we want to share with you. Please continue to their site to read their entire piece at the link below The Iraq War will go down in history as one of the worst mistakes in U.S. foreign policy. Despite…
Read MoreWhat is realism and restraint, and how does it equal a better foreign policy?
For decades, American foreign policy has been adrift, despite the United States being the most secure world power in human history.
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