You've been there before, sitting in an airplane, hours of uncomfortable posture in your immediate future, and then you hear a baby cry out, or, in the case of this unfortunate passenger, smell a diaper being changed, not just once, but twice, right behind her seat.
As you prepare for your travels this long Memorial Day weekend, tell me: When has a child (your own or another's) complicated your vacation? How did you react?
Former national security adviser John Bolton is asked a question: Are we safe?
In an exclusive interview with the Deseret News, John Bolton, former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, talked about Ukraine, Trump and the future of America.
Here are some highlights:
Are we safe? "Well, we’re pretty safe. But we have not spent adequately on defense for a long, long time. ... The level of threat we’re facing, I think, requires us to go back to Reagan-era levels of defense, spending of 5% to 6% of GDP, and we are now a little bit over 3%."
Do you have cause for optimism about the future? "I’m optimistic. But I think we’re our own worst enemies. Nobody’s going to beat us. We’re going to beat ourselves if that’s what happens. ... But the question is, what is your attitude about the potential that the country brings to the table when it confronts these kinds of issues? I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else."
Read more about what Bolton had to say about national security, including the threats posed by Russia and artificial intelligence.
Sen. Mike Lee said he would use “every procedural tool” possible to delay a debt ceiling deal if it doesn’t contain “substantial” cuts, in a tweet published Thursday morning.
In his tweet, Lee expressed concern that the final deal being hammered out between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would not be sufficient, and he vowed to throw up impediments to its passage if it did not go far enough to cut government spending.
Lee’s comments come as McCarthy appears to be trying to moderate expectations over what will be included in the agreement.
Earlier this month, Lee sent a letter to Democratic Senate leadership signed by 43 Republican senators that said they are “united behind the House Republican conference in support of spending cuts and structural budget reform as a starting point for negotiations on the debt ceiling.”
Read more about the ongoing debt ceiling talks and whether Biden and McCarthy are confident that they can work out a deal.
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