Commentary: America’s political dysfunction is harming our reputation and national security
America’s national security depends heavily on the strength and effectiveness of our foreign policy and defense. Both are suffering self-inflicted wounds caused by our dysfunctional politics.
As our political representatives can barely accomplish the most basic governing obligations, our adversaries delight, and our allies wonder if we can be counted on as reliable partners.
The most blatant mess has been our government’s budget debacle. We have the world’s largest economy and yet nearly defaulted on our debt only four months ago. Congressional Republicans used that risk as
