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These conservative researchers say the U.S. military has become 'weak' and 'marginal'

Defense News: There are “significant concerns” about the U.S. military's strength and its ability to combat global threats, according to a report released Wednesday by a leading conservative think tank.

“Clearly, the takeaway on this ... is that the military is too small,” said Dakota L. Wood, editor of the Heritage Foundation’s 2017 Index of Military Strength. “It’s much too small to handle the tasks being assigned to it.”

This is the foundation's third annual report on U.S. military strength in the context of global threats and opportunities. And as with the first two, it blames the military's perceived decline on reduced funding — the mandatory spending caps known as sequestration.

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