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AN OPEN LETTER TO AMERICA

September 24, 2020

 

To Our Fellow Citizens:

 

 

We are former public servants who have devoted our careers, and in many cases risked our lives, for the United States. We are generals, admirals, senior noncommissioned officers, ambassadors, and senior civilian national security leaders. We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. We love our country. Unfortunately, we also fear for it. The COVID-19 pandemic has proven America needs principled, wise, and responsible leadership. America needs a President who understands, as President Harry S. Truman said, that “the buck stops here.”

 

 

We the undersigned endorse Joe Biden to be the next President of the United States. He is the leader our nation needs.

 

 

We believe that Joe Biden is, above all, a good man with a strong sense of right and wrong. He is guided by the principles that have long made America great: democracy is a hard-won right we must defend and support at home and abroad; America’s power and influence stem as much from her moral authority as it does from her economic and military power; America’s free press is invaluable, not an enemy of the people; those who sacrifice or give their lives in service of our nation deserve our respect and eternal gratitude; and America’s citizens benefit most when the United States engages with the world. Joe Biden will always put the nation’s needs before his own.

 

 

Those who have served know empathy is a vital leadership quality – you cannot do what is best for those you lead if you do not know their challenges. Joe Biden has empathy born of his humble roots, family tragedies and personal loss. When Americans are struggling, Joe Biden understands their pain and takes it upon himself to help.

 

 

We believe America’s president must be honest, and we find Joe Biden’s honesty and integrity indisputable. He believes a nation’s word is her bond. He believes we must stand by the allies who have stood by us. He remembers how America’s NATO allies rushed to her side after 9/11; how the Kurds fought by our side to defeat ISIS; and how Japan and South Korea have been steadfast partners in countering North Korean and Chinese provocations. Joe Biden would never sell out our allies to placate despots or because he dislikes an allied leader.

 

 

While some of us may have different opinions on particular policy matters, we trust Joe Biden’s positions are rooted in sound judgment, thorough understanding, and fundamental values.

 

 

We know Joe Biden has the experience and wisdom necessary to navigate America through a painful time. He has grappled with America’s most difficult foreign policy challenges for decades, learning what works – and what does not – in a dangerous world. He is knowledgeable, but he also knows that listening to diverse and dissenting views is essential, particularly when making tough decisions concerning our national security. Many of us have briefed Joe Biden on matters of national security, and we know he demands a thorough understanding of any issue before making a decision – as any American president should.

 

 

Finally, Joe Biden believes in personal responsibility. Over his long career, he has learned hard lessons and grown as a leader who can take positive action to unite and heal our country. It is unthinkable that he would ever utter the phrase “I don’t take responsibility at all.”

 

 

The next president will inherit a nation – and a world – in turmoil. The current President has demonstrated he is not equal to the enormous responsibilities of his office; he cannot rise to meet challenges large or small. Thanks to his disdainful attitude and his failures, our allies no longer trust or respect us, and our enemies no longer fear us. Climate change continues unabated, as does North Korea’s nuclear program. The president has ceded influence to a Russian adversary who puts bounties on the heads of American military personnel, and his trade war against China has only harmed America’s farmers and manufacturers. The next president will have to address those challenges while struggling with an economy in a deep recession and a pandemic that has already claimed more than 200,000 of our fellow citizens. America, with 4% of the world’s population suffers with 25% of the world’s COVID-19 cases. Only FDR and Abraham Lincoln came into office facing more monumental crises than the next president.

 

 

Joe Biden has the character, principles, wisdom, and leadership necessary to address a world on fire. That is why Joe Biden must be the next President of the United States; why we vigorously support his election; and why we urge our fellow citizens to do the same.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

NATIONAL SECURITY LEADERS FOR BIDEN

We are 489 retired Generals, Admirals, Senior Noncommissioned Officers, Ambassadors and Senior Civilian National Security Officials supporting Joe Biden for President.

 

 

 

 

 

Leadership of National Security Leaders for Biden:​

Admiral Steve Abbot, USN (Ret)

Major General Donna Feigley Barbisch, USA (Ret)

Steven Brock, former Director, National Security Council

Major General Peter S. Cooke, USA (Ret)

Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy

Carlos Del Toro, former Senior Military Assistant, Department of Defense

Brigadier General John W. Douglass, USAF (Ret), former Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense

Lieutenant General Walt Gaskin, USMC (Ret)

Senior Military Spouse Advisors:

Marjorie Abbot

Sheila L. Casey

Gert Clark

Mary Jo Myers

Ms. Suzie Schwartz

Members of National Security Leaders for Biden:

Ambassador Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley (Ret)

Ambassador Charles C. Adams, Jr.

Gordon M. Adams, Ph.D., former Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget

Brigadier General Clara L. Adams-Ender, USA (Ret)

Major General James A. Adkins, USA (Ret)

Major General Jerald N. Albrecht, USA (Ret)

Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State

Clifford L. Alexander, former Secretary of the Army

Eric R. Allison, former Deputy Assistant Director of the CIA

Michael Amato, former Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee

Brigadier General Steven M. Anderson, USA (Ret)

Wendy R. Anderson, former Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense

Command Sergeant Major Victor S. Angry, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte (Ret), former Acting Assistant Secretary of State

Brigadier General Ricardo Aponte, USAF (Ret)

Richard L. Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State

Major General Wallace Arnold, USA (Ret)

Vice Admiral Donald Arthur, USN (Ret)

Rear Admiral Tom Atkin, USCG (Ret)

Sergeant Major Sean A. Baker, USA (Ret)

Brigadier General Roosevelt Barfield, USA (Ret)

Rear Admiral Jamie Barnett, USN (Ret)

Rear Admiral Danelle Barrett, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Leslie A. Bassett (Ret)

Ambassador Michael A. Battle, Sr.

R. Rand Beers, former Acting Secretary of Homeland Security

Ambassador Colleen Bell

Virginia L. Bennett, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Hans Binnendijk, Ph.D., former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council

Ambassador Robert D. Blackwill (Ret), former Deputy National Security Advisor

Ambassador Robert Blake (Ret)

Charles A. Blanchard, former General Counsel of the Air Force

Ambassador James Blanchard (Ret), former Governor of Michigan

Lieutenant General Ronald R. Blanck, USA (Ret)

Ambassador John Blaney

Ambassador Avis T. Bohlen (Ret), former Assistant Secretary of State

Major General Charles “Charlie” F. Bolden Jr., USMC (Ret), former Administrator of NASA

Major General Edward L. Bolton, Jr., USAF (Ret)

Ambassador Amy L. Bondurant

Jason Bordoff, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council

General Chuck Boyd, USAF (Ret)

Lieutenant General John A. Bradley, USAF (Ret)

Brigadier General David M. Brahms, USMC (Ret)

Lieutenant General Marvin D. Brailsford, USA (Ret)

Patty Brandmaier, former Senior Executive Officer, CIA

Ambassador Aurelia E. Brazeal (Ret)

Ambassador James “Wally” Brewster, Jr.

Major General John W. Brooks, USAF (Ret)

Command Sergeant Major Dwight J. Brown, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Sue K. Brown

Mark Brunner, former Senior Advisor to U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA)

Ambassador George Bruno (Ret)

Joseph M. Bryan, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Theresa T. Buchanan, former Member, Uniform Formulary Beneficiary Advisory Panel

Kara L. Bue, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Ambassador Nicholas Burns (Ret), former Under Secretary of State

Ambassador William J. Burns (Ret), former Deputy Secretary of State

Sergeant Major William Burton, USMC (Ret)

Ambassador Prudence Bushnell (Ret)

Rear Admiral John Butler, USN (Ret)

Louis E. Caldera, former Secretary of the Army

Dan Caldwell, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, Pepperdine University

Gabe Camarillo, former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

Lieutenant General Donald M. Campbell, Jr., USA (Ret)

John R. Campbell, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Brigadier General Kristine K. Campbell, Ph.D., USA (Ret)

Kurt M. Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of State

Mario Caraballo, former Deputy Associate Administrator, EPA

Sergeant Major Rosemarie Caraballo, USA (Ret)

Vice Admiral James C. Card, USCG (Ret)

Robert Cardillo, former Director of the NGA

Patrick Carrick, Ph.D., former Agency Director, Department of Homeland Security

Ashton B. Carter, former Secretary of Defense

Steven A. Cash, former CIA Officer and Senate Staff

Lieutenant General John Castellaw, USMC (Ret)

Ambassador Judith B. Cefkin

Rear Admiral Bill Center, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Peter R. Chaveas (Ret)

Antonia Chayes, former Under Secretary of the Air Force

Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney, USMC (Ret)

General Peter W. Chiarelli, USA (Ret)

Admiral Hank Chiles, USN (Ret), former Commander U.S. Strategic Command

Lieutenant General James Clapper, USAF (Ret), former Director of National Intelligence

General Wesley Clark, USA (Ret), former Commander U.S. European Command

Brigadier General Julia Jeter Cleckley, USA (Ret)

Rear Admiral William W. Cobb, Jr., USN (Ret)

David S. Cohen, former Deputy Director of the CIA

William Cohen, former Secretary of Defense

Harry Coker, Jr., former Executive Director of the NSA

Rear Admiral Christopher W. Cole, USN (Ret)

Lieutenant General Ronald S. Coleman, USMC (Ret)

Joseph J. Collins, Ph.D., former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Erin C. Conaton, former Under Secretary of Defense

Ambassador Elinor G. Constable (Ret)

Major General J. Gary Cooper, USMC (Ret)

Ambassador Cindy L. Courville, Ph.D. (Ret)

Daniel T. Crocker, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce

Ambassador James B. Cunningham (Ret)

Senior Chief Intelligence Specialist Marilee Cunningham, USN (Ret)

William B. Daitch, former Assistant Director, Department of Homeland Security

John H. Dalton, former Secretary of the Navy

Major General Stephen L. Danner, USA (Ret)

Rear Admiral John P. Davis, USN (Ret)

Robert V. Davis, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

Ambassador Ruth A. Davis (Ret)

Lieutenant General Michael Davison, Jr., USA (Ret)

Daniel Dawson, former Senior Executive, Defense Intelligence Agency

Rear Admiral Scott D. Deitchman, MD, MPH, USPHS (Ret)

Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis (Ret)

Ambassador Greg Delawie (Ret)

Rudy DeLeon, former Deputy Secretary of Defense

Joan Dempsey, former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence

Major General Susan Y. Desjardins, USAF (Ret)

Major General Richard T. Devereaux, USAF (Ret)

Rear Admiral Kelvin N. Dixon, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Kathleen Doherty (Ret)

Michael B. Donley, former Secretary of the Air Force

Brigadier General Barbara Doornink, USA (Ret)

Greg Douquet, National Security Leader

Martha E. Duncan, former Chief DIA Defense Human Intelligence Enterprise

Vice Admiral Joseph Dyer, USN (Ret)

Ambassador William C. Eacho

Major General Paul Eaton, USA (Ret)

Ambassador William A. Eaton (Ret)

R.P. Eddy, former Director, National Security Council

Eric Edelman, former Under Secretary of Defense

Major General Mari K. Eder, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Susan M. Elliott (Ret)

Ambassador John B. Emerson (Ret)

Major General William L. Enyart, USA (Ret), former U.S. Congressman (IL-12)

Sergeant Major John L. Estrada, USMC (Ret)

Rear Admiral Stephen C. Evans, USN (Ret)

Elisa Ewers, former Director, National Security Council

Major General John Ewers, USMC (Ret)

Vice Admiral Ron Eytchison, USN (Ret)

Roland Fabia, former Chief of Corporate Engagement, Defense Intelligence Agency

Richard A. Falkenrath, former Deputy Homeland Security Advisor

Brigadier General Robert J. Felderman, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Judith R. Fergin (Ret)

Sergeant Major Ronald E. Fetherson, USMC (Ret)

Brigadier General Evelyn “Pat” Foote, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Robert S. Ford (Ret)

Brigadier General Martin E.B. France, USAF (Ret)

Vice Admiral Michael T. Franken, USN (Ret)

Command Chief Master Sergeant Shelina E. Frey, USAF (Ret)

Rear Admiral Michael S. Frick, USN (Ret)

Rear Admiral Robert Ellis Frick, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Laurie S. Fulton

Ambassador Julie Furuta-Toy

Ambassador Edward M. Gabriel

Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith

Rear Admiral James M. Galloway, MD, USPHS (Ret)

Juan M Garcia, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Lieutenant General Robert G. Gard, USA (Ret)

Brigadier General Jonathan George, USAF (Ret)

Ambassador Gordon D. Giffin

Daniel B. Ginsberg, former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force

Brigadier General Robert A. Glacel, USA (Ret)

Rear Admiral Fred Stephen Glass, USN (Ret)

Sherri W. Goodman, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

Rose Gottemoeller, former Under Secretary of State

W. Scott Gould, former Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Vice Admiral Kevin Patrick Green, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Lino Gutiérrez (Ret)

Ambassador Howard Gutman

Ambassador Nina Hachigian

Major General Richard S. Haddad, USAF (Ret)

Rear Admiral Marlene E. Haffner, MD, MPH, USPHS (Ret)

Chuck Hagel, former Secretary of Defense

Avril Haines, former Deputy Director of the CIA

Robert Hale, former Under Secretary of Defense

Major General Irv Halter, USAF (Ret)

Ambassador Pamela K. Hamamoto

Rear Admiral Janice M. Hamby, USN (Ret)

Ambassador S. Fitzgerald Haney

Mary B. Hannagan, former Director of Staffing, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Ken Harbaugh, National Security Leader

Major General Robert A. Harding, USA (Ret)

Rear Admiral Jeffrey A. Harley, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Anthony Harrington

Major General Jerry C. Harrison, USA (Ret)

United States Senator Gary Hart (Ret)

Tom N. Harvey, former Assistant Secretary of Defense

General Michael Hayden, USAF (Ret), former Director of the CIA

Major General Ralph L. Haynes, MD, MBA, USA (Ret)

General Richard D. Hearney, USMC (Ret)

Rear Admiral Clare Helminiak, MD, MPH, USPHS (Ret)

Ambassador Bruce Alan Heyman

Ambassador Douglas T. Hickey

John R. Hoag, former Principal Director for Policy, U.S. Mission to NATO

Laura S. H. Holgate, former Special Assistant to the President, National Security Council

Lieutenant General Reynold N. Hoover, USA (Ret)

Vice Admiral P. Gardner Howe, III, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Vicki J. Huddleston (Ret), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Ambassador David Huebner

James G. Huse, Jr., former Inspector General of the SSA

Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, JAGC USN (Ret)

Paul Ignatius, former Secretary of the Navy

Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth (Ret), former Assistant Secretary of State

Chris Inglis, former Deputy Director of the NSA

Admiral Bobby Inman, USN (Ret), former Deputy Director of the CIA

Brigadier General David R. Irvine, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Roberta S. Jacobson (Ret)

Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson (Ret)

Deborah Lee James, former Secretary of the Air Force

Lieutenant General Arlen D. Jameson, USAF (Ret)

Major General Randy Jayne, USAF (Ret)

Ray Jefferson, former Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor

Brigadier General John Johns, USA (Ret)

Brigadier General Axel Alfred Johnson III, USA (Ret)

Ambassador David T. Johnson (Ret)

Command Chief Master Sergeant Jack Johnson, Jr., USAF (Ret)

Major General James Johnson, USAF (Ret)

Lieutenant General Michelle D. Johnson, USAF (Ret)

Ambassador Beth Jones (Ret)

Brigadier General C. Jerome Jones, USAF (Ret)

Ambassador Deborah K. Jones

Major General Michael Jones, USA (Ret)

Command Sergeant Major Michele S. Jones, USA (Ret)

Lieutenant General Jan-Marc Jouas, USAF (Ret)

Colin H. Kahl, Ph.D., former National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Rear Admiral Douglas B. Kamerow, MD, MPH, USPHS (Ret)

Frank Kendall, former Under Secretary of Defense

Rear Admiral Gene Kendall, USN (Ret)

Brigadier General Jeffrey B. Kendall, USAF (Ret)

Ambassador Laura E. Kennedy (Ret), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Ambassador Kristie Kenney (Ret)

John Kerry, former Secretary of State

Lieutenant General Frank Klotz, USAF (Ret), former Under Secretary of Energy

Susan J. Koch, Ph.D., former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Ambassador Jimmy Kolker (Ret), former Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services

Ambassador Karen Kornbluh

Ken Krieg, former Under Secretary of Defense

William Krist, former Assistant Trade Representative

Fleet Master Chief Raymond D. Kemp, Sr., USN (Ret)

Major General Randy Manner, USA (Ret)

Brigadier General Carlos E. Martinez, USAF (Ret)

Brigadier General Mark A. Montjar, USA (Ret)

Sean O'Keefe, former Secretary of the Navy

Rear Admiral David R. Oliver, Jr., USN (Ret)

Ambassador Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor

Alex Wagner, former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Army

Lieutenant General Willie Williams, USMC (Ret)

Brigadier General Dan Woodward, USAF (Ret)

Major General Margaret H. Woodward, USAF (Ret)

Executive Director of National Security Leaders for Biden:​

Rear Admiral Michael E. Smith, USN (Ret)

Major General Dennis J. Laich, USA (Ret)

Anthony Lake, former National Security Advisor

Brett B. Lambert, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Thomas R. Lamont, former Assistant Secretary of the Army

David Lapan, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Rear Admiral William D. Lassek, MD, USPHS (Ret)

Ambassador Joyce E. Leader (Ret)

Master Chief Petty Officer Bobby R. Lee, Jr., USN (Ret)

Vice Admiral Mike LeFever, USN (Ret)

Bruce S. Lemkin, former Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force

Major General Alfonso E. Lenhardt, USA (Ret)

Peter D. Lennon, former Special Assistant, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense

Bel Leong-Hong, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Major General Steven J. Lepper, USAF (Ret)

Brigadier General Phil Leventis, USAF (Ret)

Ambassador Jeffrey D. Levine (Ret)

Reta Jo Lewis, former Special Rep for Global Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of State

Ambassador Dawn Liberi (Ret)

Lieutenant General Frank Libutti, USMC (Ret), former Under Secretary of Homeland Security

Rear Admiral David M. Lichtman, MD, USN (Ret)

Rear Admiral Samuel Lin, MD, Ph.D., MBA, MPA, MS, USPHS (Ret)

Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, USN (Ret), former Commander U.S. Pacific Command

Rear Admiral Deborah A. Loewer, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Carmen Lomellin

Letitia A. “Tish” Long, former Director of the NGA

Major General Don Loranger, USAF (Ret)

Admiral James Loy, USCG (Ret), former Commandant of the Coast Guard

Lieutenant General Charles D. Luckey, USA (Ret)

Michael D. Lumpkin, former Assistant Secretary of Defense

Rear Admiral Boris D. Lushniak, MD, MPH, USPHS (Ret)

Ambassador Douglas Lute (Ret)

Ray Mabus, former Secretary of the Navy

Rear Admiral Archer M. Macy, USN (Ret)

General David M. Maddox, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Deborah R. Malac (Ret)

Ambassador Robert A. Mandell

Robert Terry Marlow, former Principal Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force

Ambassador Niels Marquardt (Ret)

Brigadier General Gregory Mason, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Dennise Mathieu (Ret)

Rear Admiral Michael G. Mathis, USN (Ret)

Alejandro Mayorkas, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Barbara Estock Mays, former Special Assistant, Defense Intelligence Agency

Ambassador Marshall F. McCallie (Ret)

Sergeant Major Patricia Mack McCollough, USMC (Ret)

Ryan McDermott, former Principal Director, Department of Defense

Denis McDonough, former White House Chief of Staff

Ambassador Nancy McEldowney (Ret)

Ann McFadden, former Senior Executive, U.S. Army

Ambassador Stephen G. McFarland (Ret)

Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, USN (Ret)

Brigadier General David L. McGinnis, USA (Ret), former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense

Donald F. McHenry, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Ambassador Elizabeth McKune (Ret)

John McLaughlin, former Acting Director of the CIA

General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF (Ret), former Chief of Staff of the Air Force

Major General Dee Ann McWilliams, USA (Ret)

Brigadier General Joseph V. Medina, USMC (Ret)

Ambassador James D. Melville, Jr. (Ret)

James N. Miller, former Under Secretary of Defense

Jami Miscik, former Deputy Director of the CIA

Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Moritsugu, MD, MPH, FACPM, USPHS (Ret)

Ambassador Richard Morningstar

Vice Admiral Charles L. Munns, USN (Ret)

Patrick Murphy, former Acting Secretary of the Army

Vice Admiral Robert B. Murrett, USN (Ret), former Director of the NGA

Major General J. Michael Myatt, USMC (Ret)

Janet Napolitano, former Secretary of Homeland Security

Admiral John Nathman, USN (Ret)

Ambassador David D. Nelson (Ret)

Dava Newman, former Deputy Administrator of NASA

General Lloyd Fig Newton, USAF (Ret)

Thomas R. Nides, former Deputy Secretary of State

Ambassador Crystal Nix-Hines (Ret)

John M. Nolan, former Deputy Postmaster General, U.S. Postal Service

Rear Admiral Audrey Hart Nora, MD, MPH, USPHS (Ret)

Ambassador Victoria Nuland (Ret)

Joseph Nye, former Assistant Secretary of Defense

Brigadier General Mark O’Neill, USA (Ret)

Matt Olsen, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center

Major General Eric T. Olson, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Louis F. O'Neill (Ret)

Thomas P. Oppel, former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Navy

Lieutenant General Charley Otstott, USA (Ret)

Tracy Pakulniewicz, former Director of Policy Integration, Department of Defense

Brigadier General Pete J. Palmer, USA (Ret)

Leon E. Panetta, former Secretary of Defense

BJ Penn, former Acting Secretary of the Navy

William J. Perry, former Secretary of Defense

Vice Admiral D. Brian Peterman, USCG (Ret)

F. Whitten Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force

Major General Marne’ Peterson, Ph.D., USAF (Ret)

Ambassador Nancy Bikoff Pettit (Ret)

Major General John Phillips, USAF (Ret)

Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering (Ret), former Under Secretary of State

Ambassador Joan M. Plaisted (Ret)

Rear Admiral Julia R. Plotnick, RN, MPH, USPHS (Ret)

Major General Gale S. Pollock, CRNA, FACHE, FAAN, USA (Ret)

Rear Admiral Fernandez “Frank” Ponds, USN (Ret)

Edward A. Powell, former Acting Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Ambassador Nancy J. Powell (Ret)

Sen. Larry Pressler, former United States Senator (R-SD)

Rear Admiral William L. Putnam, USN (Ret)

Major General Marilyn Quagliotti, USA (Ret)

Major General Mark R. Quantock, USA (Ret)

Rear Admiral Kevin M. Quinn, USN (Ret)

Mary E. Quinn, former Senior Executive, Department of Defense

Ambassador Maureen Quinn (Ret)

Major General William M. Rajczak, USAF (Ret)

Adrienne Ramsay, former Professional Staff, House Appropriations Committee

Ambassador Robin L. Raphel

Ambassador Charles A. Ray (Ret)

Joe Reeder, former Under Secretary of the Army

Major General Raymond “Fred” Rees, USA (Ret)

Sergeant Major Fenton Reese, USMC (Ret)

Rear Admiral Mark Rich, USN (Ret)

Governor Bill Richardson, former Secretary of Energy

Sandra V. Richardson, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

Lieutenant General Charles H. Roadman II, MD, USAF (Ret)

Vice Admiral Clyde Robbins, USCG (Ret)

Rear Admiral Harold L. Robinson, USN (Ret)

Brigadier General Ronald F. Rokosz, USA (Ret)

Frank A. Rose, former Assistant Secretary of State

Major General Patricia Rose, USAF (Ret)

Tommy Ross, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Ambassador Leslie V. Rowe (Ret)

Vice Admiral Roger T. Rufe, USCG (Ret)

Rear Admiral Paul J. Ryan, USN (Ret)

Dr. Robert A. Sanders, LP.D, Chair, National Security, University of New Haven

Ambassador Miriam Sapiro

Ambassador Teresita C. Schaffer (Ret)

James A. Schear, Ph.D., former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Brigadier General Donald F. Schenk, USA (Ret)

Brigadier General John M. Schuster, USA (Ret)

Major General Errol R. Schwartz, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Tod Sedgwick

General Paul J. Selva, USAF (Ret), former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

General Robert W. Sennewald, USA (Ret)

Rear Admiral Joe Sestak, USN (Ret), former U.S. Congressman (PA-7)

Sharon B. Seymour, former Senior Executive, U.S. Air Force

Khushali Shah, former Managing Director, State Department Office of Foreign Assistance

Rear Admiral Jim Shannon, USN (Ret), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro

Ambassador Mattie R. Sharpless (Ret)

Senior Master Sergeant Donald B. Shaw II, USAF (Ret)

Vice Admiral Herman Shelanski, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Robert A. Sherman

Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman (Ret), former Under Secretary of State

Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, former Deputy Secretary of Energy

Russell D. Shilling, Ph.D., former Executive Director, Department of Education

Rear Admiral David Simpson, USN (Ret)

Walter B. Slocombe, former Under Secretary of Defense

Ambassador Dana Shell Smith (Ret)

Rear Admiral Gregory J. Smith, USN (Ret)

Jeffrey H. Smith, former General Counsel of the CIA

Brigadier General Paul Gregory Smith, USA (Ret)

Rear Admiral Steven Grayson Smith, USN (Ret)

Ambassador Nancy E. Soderberg, former Deputy National Security Advisor

Ambassador Alan Solomont

Robert M. Speer, former Acting Secretary of the Army

Rear Admiral Todd Jay Squire, USN (Ret)

Major General Clifford L. Stanley, USMC (Ret), former Under Secretary of Defense

Donald C. Stanton, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Ambassador Karen Clark Stanton (Ret)

James Steinberg, former Deputy Secretary of State

Major General Howard D. Stendahl, USAF (Ret)

Brigadier General Robert L. Stephens, USA (Ret)

Mary M. Stickney, former Senior Advisor, Federal Judiciary

Sergeant Major Peni M. Sua, USA (Ret)

Kathryn Sullivan, former Administrator of NOAA

Maura C. Sullivan, former Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Gordon Sumner, Ph.D., former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Mona Sutphen, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff

Brigadier General Loree Sutton, USA (Ret)

Major General Tony M. Taguba, USA (Ret)

Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor, USAF (Ret)

John K. Tien, former Senior Director, National Security Council

Rear Admiral Paul E. Tobin, USN (Ret)

Gregory F. Treverton, former Chair of the National Intelligence Council

Lieutenant General William J. Troy, USA (Ret)

Major General F. Andrew Turley, USAF (Ret)

Brigadier General William W. Uhle, Jr., USAF (Ret)

Admiral Henry G. “Harry” Ulrich, III, USN (Ret)

Brigadier General Robin B. Umberg, USA (Ret)

Thomas Umberg, former Deputy Director, White House Office of Nat'l Drug Control Policy

Brigadier General Scott P. Van Cleef, USAF (Ret)

Rear Admiral William Craig Vanderwagen, USPHS (Ret)

Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, former Assistant Secretary of Defense

Lieutenant General Dale A. Vesser, USA (Ret)

Mike Vickers, former Under Secretary of Defense

Governor Tom Vilsack, former Secretary of Agriculture

Ambassador Jenonne Walker (Ret)

Ambassador Marc Wall (Ret)

Brigadier General George H. Walls, Jr., USMC (Ret)

Ambassador James D. Walsh

Brigadier General John Watkins, USA (Ret)

Jack H. Watson, Jr., former White House Chief of Staff

Brigadier General Marianne Watson, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne (Ret)

Andy Weber, former Assistant Secretary of Defense

William Webster, former Director of the CIA

William F. Wechsler, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Todd A. Weiler, former Assistant Secretary of Defense

Lieutenant General Jack Weinstein, USAF (Ret)

General Joe Went, USMC (Ret)

Ambassador Joseph Westphal, former Under Secretary of the Army

Rear Admiral Hugh Denworth Wetherald, USN (Ret)

Major General Deborah C. Wheeling, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Barry B. White

Rear Admiral Robert A. Whitney, Jr., DVM, MS, USPHS (Ret)

Sheila Widnall, former Secretary of the Air Force

Sergeant Major Alexander Williams, USMC (Ret)

Ambassador Bisa Williams (Ret)

Chief Master Sergeant Calvin D. Williams, Sr., USAF (Ret)

Kayla M. Williams, former Director, Department of Veterans Affairs

General Michael Williams, USMC (Ret)

Major General Margaret C. Wilmoth, Ph.D., MSS, RN, FAAN, USA (Ret)

Douglas B. Wilson, former Assistant Secretary of Defense

Rear Admiral Jesse A. Wilson, Jr., USN (Ret)

General Johnnie E. Wilson, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Duane E. Woerth

Sergeant Major Bobby B. Woods, USMC (Ret)

Bill Woodward, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Matice Wright-Springer, former Principal Director, Department of Defense

Brigadier General Stephen N. Xenakis, MD, USA (Ret)

Ambassador Johnny Young (Ret)

Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch (Ret)

Dov S. Zakheim, former Under Secretary of Defense

Patricia J. Zarodkiewicz, former Senior Executive to the Secretary of the Air Force

Peter D. Zimmerman, Ph.D., former Chief Scientist, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret), former Commander U.S. Central Command

Robert B. Zoellick, former U.S. Trade Representative

Admiral Paul Zukunft, USCG (Ret), former Commandant of the Coast Guard

Brigadier General Peter B. Zwack, USA (Ret)

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I like this list better and it is not even up to date

 

Man has been in office for 3½ years.... what has he done? Other than dodging the darts the media and Pelosi have thrown?!?

What has PRESIDENT TRUMP and his cabinet accomplished.....

Here you go:

1. Trump recently signed 3 bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.

2. Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch.

3. Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences.����

4. Violent crime has fallen every year he’s been in office after rising during the 2 years before he was elected.

5. Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal.����

6. Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan.

7. Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.

8. Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on Pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving information.

9. Trump signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.����

10. Trump signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms.

11. The 25% lowest-paid Americans enjoyed a 4.5% income boost in November 2019, which outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country's highest-paid workers.

12. Low-wage workers are benefiting from higher minimum wages and from corporations that are increasing entry-level pay.

13. Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected land.

14. Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean.����

15. He signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down.

16. Trump signed an executive order this year that forces all healthcare providers to disclose the cost of their services so that Americans can comparison shop and know how much less providers charge insurance companies.

17. When signing that bill he said no American should be blindsided by bills for medical services they never agreed to in advance.

18. Hospitals will now be required to post their standard charges for services, which include the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept.

19. In the eight years prior to President Trump’s inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by an average of 3.6% per year. Under Trump, drug prices have seen year-over-year declines in nine of the last ten months, with a 1.1% drop as of the most recent month.

20. He created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans.����

21. VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.

22. Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.

23. Because of a bill signed and championed by Trump, In 2020, most federal employees will see their pay increase by an average of 3.1% — the largest raise in more than 10 years.

24. Trump signed into a law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers.

25. Trump administration will provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years.����

26. All-time record sales during the 2019 holidays.

27. Trump signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying insurance to get a better price����

28. President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act that provides funding for states to develop maternal mortality reviews to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions & largely focuses on reducing the higher mortality rates for Black Americans.

29. In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill which enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and help former inmates successfully return to society.

30. The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes.����

31. The First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in sentencing of non-violent crimes.

32. Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans.

33. The First Step Act provides rehabilitative programs to inmates, helping them successfully rejoin society and not return to crime.

34. Trump increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by more than 14%.����

35. Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs.

36. New single-family home sales are up 31.6% in October 2019 compared to just one year ago.

37. Made HBCUs a priority by creating the position of executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.

38. Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments.

39. The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment.����

40. Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data.

41. President Trump signed a bill that creates five national monuments, expands several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

42. Trump’s USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure.����

43. Consumer confidence & small business confidence is at an all-time high.

44. More than 7 million jobs created since election.

45. More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.

46. More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created since his election.

47. Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors.����

48. Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe.

49. Through Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law enforcement more than doubled convictions of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts.

50. In 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismantled an organization that was the internet’s leading source of prostitution-related advertisements resulting in sex trafficking.

51. Trump’s OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance for government procurement officials to more effectively combat human trafficking.

52. Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking.

53. Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need.

54. The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases.

55. Trump’s DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims – serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.����

56. The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping victims get resources and support.

57. President Trump has called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code.����

58. The President signed funding legislation in September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million.

59. The tax cuts signed into law by President Trump promote school choice by allowing families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and secondary education.����

60. Under his leadership ISIS has lost most of their territory and been largely dismantled.

61. ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed.

62. Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.

63. Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers.

64. Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or punishing expressions of faith.

65. Signed an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic and who fail to combat anti-Semitism.

66. President Trump ordered a halt to U.S. tax money going to international organizations that fund or perform abortions.

67. Trump imposed sanctions on the socialists in Venezuela who have killed their citizens.

68. Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea.

69. Made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.����

70. Withdrew the U.S. from the job killing TPP deal.

71. Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam.

72. Okay’ d up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.����

73. Has had over a dozen US hostages freed, including those Obama could not get freed.

74. Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades.

75. Trump secured Billions that will fund the building of a wall at our southern border.

76. The Trump Administration is promoting second chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment.

77. Trump’s DOJ and the Board Of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former prisoners.����

78. President Trump’s historic tax cut legislation included new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country.

79. 8,764 communities across the country have been designated as Opportunity Zones.

80. Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country.

81. Trump directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core.������������������

82. Trump signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law.

83. Trump signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide.����

84. Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed.

85. Manufacturing jobs are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years.

86. Stock Market has reached record highs.

87. Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.

88. African-American unemployment is at an all-time low.(was until Covid bullshit)

89. Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all-time low.

90. Asian-American unemployment is at an all-time low.

91. Women’s unemployment rate is at a 65-year low.

92. Youth unemployment is at a 50-year low.

93. We have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded.

94. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.

95. 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future— the highest ever.

96. As a result of the Republican tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.����

97. Record number of regulations eliminated that hurt small businesses.

98. Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who don’t have children to work or look for work if they’re on welfare.����

99. Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history.

100. Reformed Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors 100’s of millions of $$$ this year alone.����

101. Signed Right-To-Try legislation allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental treatment that wasn’t allowed before.

102. Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.❤️❤️

103. Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.����

104. U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high so we are less dependent on oil from the Middle East.

105. The U.S. is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.

106. NATO allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign.

107. Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord in 2017 and that same year the U.S. still led the world by having the largest reduction in Carbon emissions.����

108. Has his circuit court judge nominees being confirmed faster than any other new administration.

109. Had his Supreme Court Justice’s Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh confirmed.

110. Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.����

111. Agreed to a new trade deal with Mexico & Canada that will increase jobs here and $$$ coming in.

112. Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.

113. Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, has agreed to a Part One trade deal with China.

114. Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline.����

115. Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.

116. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by Trump doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it.

117. It also created a new tax credit for other dependents.

118. In 2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4 billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to States to fund child care for low-income families.

119. The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) signed into law by Trump provides a tax credit equal to 20-35% of child care expenses, $3,000 per child & $6,000 per family + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allow you to set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax $ to use for child care.

120. In 2019 President Donald Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into law which allocates $1.8 billion in funding over the next five years to help people with autism spectrum disorder and to help their families.����

121. In 2019 President Trump signed into law two funding packages providing nearly $19 million in new funding for Lupus specific research and education programs, as well an additional $41.7 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER.

122. Another upcoming accomplishment to add: In the next week or two Trump will be signing the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence.) Once it’s the law, the TRACED Act will extend the period of time the FCC has to catch & punish those who intentionally break telemarketing restrictions. The bill also requires voice service providers to develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate before they reach your phone.

123. US stock market continually hits all-time record highs.

v Because so many people asked for a document with all of this listed in one place, here it is. No links provided to remove bias — as Google search is easy. Print this out for family, friends, neighbors, etc. I encourage you to drop this list off to voters before the 2020 election, too!

v Trump did all of this while fighting flagrant abuse and impeachment charges.

People should start thinking for themselves!

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I like this list better and it is not even up to date

 

Man has been in office for 3½ years.... what has he done? Other than dodging the darts the media and Pelosi have thrown?!?

 

What has PRESIDENT TRUMP and his cabinet accomplished.....

 

Here you go:

 

1. Trump recently signed 3 bills to benefit Native people. One gives compensation to the Spokane tribe for loss of their lands in the mid-1900s, one funds Native language programs, and the third gives federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians in Montana.

 

2. Trump finalized the creation of Space Force as our 6th Military branch.

 

3. Trump signed a law to make cruelty to animals a federal felony so that animal abusers face tougher consequences.����

 

4. Violent crime has fallen every year he’s been in office after rising during the 2 years before he was elected.

 

5. Trump signed a bill making CBD and Hemp legal.����

 

6. Trump’s EPA gave $100 million to fix the water infrastructure problem in Flint, Michigan.

 

7. Under Trump’s leadership, in 2018 the U.S. surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil.

 

8. Trump signed a law ending the gag orders on Pharmacists that prevented them from sharing money-saving information.

 

9. Trump signed the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking.����

 

10. Trump signed a bill to require airports to provide spaces for breastfeeding Moms.

 

11. The 25% lowest-paid Americans enjoyed a 4.5% income boost in November 2019, which outpaces a 2.9% gain in earnings for the country's highest-paid workers.

 

12. Low-wage workers are benefiting from higher minimum wages and from corporations that are increasing entry-level pay.

 

13. Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection & conservation bill in a decade and designated 375,000 acres as protected land.

 

14. Trump signed the Save our Seas Act which funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean.����

 

15. He signed a bill this year allowing some drug imports from Canada so that prescription prices would go down.

 

16. Trump signed an executive order this year that forces all healthcare providers to disclose the cost of their services so that Americans can comparison shop and know how much less providers charge insurance companies.

 

17. When signing that bill he said no American should be blindsided by bills for medical services they never agreed to in advance.

 

18. Hospitals will now be required to post their standard charges for services, which include the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept.

 

19. In the eight years prior to President Trump’s inauguration, prescription drug prices increased by an average of 3.6% per year. Under Trump, drug prices have seen year-over-year declines in nine of the last ten months, with a 1.1% drop as of the most recent month.

 

20. He created a White House VA Hotline to help veterans and principally staffed it with veterans and direct family members of veterans.����

 

21. VA employees are being held accountable for poor performance, with more than 4,000 VA employees removed, demoted, and suspended so far.

 

22. Issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life.

 

23. Because of a bill signed and championed by Trump, In 2020, most federal employees will see their pay increase by an average of 3.1% — the largest raise in more than 10 years.

 

24. Trump signed into a law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers.

 

25. Trump administration will provide HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years.����

 

26. All-time record sales during the 2019 holidays.

 

27. Trump signed an order allowing small businesses to group together when buying insurance to get a better price����

 

28. President Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act that provides funding for states to develop maternal mortality reviews to better understand maternal complications and identify solutions & largely focuses on reducing the higher mortality rates for Black Americans.

 

29. In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill which enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and help former inmates successfully return to society.

 

30. The First Step Act’s reforms addressed inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes.����

 

31. The First Step Act expanded judicial discretion in sentencing of non-violent crimes.

 

32. Over 90% of those benefitting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans.

 

33. The First Step Act provides rehabilitative programs to inmates, helping them successfully rejoin society and not return to crime.

 

34. Trump increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by more than 14%.����

 

35. Trump signed legislation forgiving Hurricane Katrina debt that threatened HBCUs.

 

36. New single-family home sales are up 31.6% in October 2019 compared to just one year ago.

 

37. Made HBCUs a priority by creating the position of executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs.

 

38. Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments.

 

39. The poverty rate fell to a 17-year low of 11.8% under the Trump administration as a result of a jobs-rich environment.����

 

40. Poverty rates for African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels since the U.S. began collecting such data.

 

41. President Trump signed a bill that creates five national monuments, expands several national parks, adds 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently reauthorizes the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

 

42. Trump’s USDA committed $124 Million to rebuild rural water infrastructure.����

 

43. Consumer confidence & small business confidence is at an all-time high.

 

44. More than 7 million jobs created since election.

 

45. More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.

 

46. More than 400,000 manufacturing jobs created since his election.

 

47. Trump appointed 5 openly gay ambassadors.����

 

48. Trump ordered Ric Grenell, his openly gay ambassador to Germany, to lead a global initiative to decriminalize homosexuality across the globe.

 

49. Through Trump’s Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) initiative, Federal law enforcement more than doubled convictions of human traffickers and increased the number of defendants charged by 75% in ACTeam districts.

 

50. In 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismantled an organization that was the internet’s leading source of prostitution-related advertisements resulting in sex trafficking.

 

51. Trump’s OMB published new anti-trafficking guidance for government procurement officials to more effectively combat human trafficking.

 

52. Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations arrested 1,588 criminals associated with Human Trafficking.

 

53. Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services provided funding to support the National Human Trafficking Hotline to identify perpetrators and give victims the help they need.

 

54. The hotline identified 16,862 potential human trafficking cases.

 

55. Trump’s DOJ provided grants to organizations that support human trafficking victims – serving nearly 9,000 cases from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018.����

 

56. The Department of Homeland Security has hired more victim assistance specialists, helping victims get resources and support.

 

57. President Trump has called on Congress to pass school choice legislation so that no child is trapped in a failing school because of his or her zip code.����

 

58. The President signed funding legislation in September 2018 that increased funding for school choice by $42 million.

 

59. The tax cuts signed into law by President Trump promote school choice by allowing families to use 529 college savings plans for elementary and secondary education.����

 

60. Under his leadership ISIS has lost most of their territory and been largely dismantled.

 

61. ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was killed.

 

62. Signed the first Perkins CTE reauthorization since 2006, authorizing more than $1 billion for states each year to fund vocational and career education programs.

 

63. Executive order expanding apprenticeship opportunities for students and workers.

 

64. Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the U.S. government from discriminating against Christians or punishing expressions of faith.

 

65. Signed an executive order that allows the government to withhold money from college campuses deemed to be anti-Semitic and who fail to combat anti-Semitism.

 

66. President Trump ordered a halt to U.S. tax money going to international organizations that fund or perform abortions.

 

67. Trump imposed sanctions on the socialists in Venezuela who have killed their citizens.

 

68. Finalized new trade agreement with South Korea.

 

69. Made a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe.����

 

70. Withdrew the U.S. from the job killing TPP deal.

 

71. Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam.

 

72. Okay’ d up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation.����

 

73. Has had over a dozen US hostages freed, including those Obama could not get freed.

 

74. Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, the biggest change to copyright law in decades.

 

75. Trump secured Billions that will fund the building of a wall at our southern border.

 

76. The Trump Administration is promoting second chance hiring to give former inmates the opportunity to live crime-free lives and find meaningful employment.

 

77. Trump’s DOJ and the Board Of Prisons launched a new “Ready to Work Initiative” to help connect employers directly with former prisoners.����

 

78. President Trump’s historic tax cut legislation included new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country.

 

79. 8,764 communities across the country have been designated as Opportunity Zones.

 

80. Opportunity Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country.

 

81. Trump directed the Education Secretary to end Common Core.������������������

 

82. Trump signed the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund into law.

 

83. Trump signed measure funding prevention programs for Veteran suicide.����

 

84. Companies have brought back over a TRILLION dollars from overseas because of the TCJA bill that Trump signed.

 

85. Manufacturing jobs are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years.

 

86. Stock Market has reached record highs.

 

87. Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.

 

88. African-American unemployment is at an all-time low.(was until Covid bullshit)

 

89. Hispanic-American unemployment is at an all-time low.

 

90. Asian-American unemployment is at an all-time low.

 

91. Women’s unemployment rate is at a 65-year low.

 

92. Youth unemployment is at a 50-year low.

 

93. We have the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded.

 

94. The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans.

 

95. 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future— the highest ever.

 

96. As a result of the Republican tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.����

 

97. Record number of regulations eliminated that hurt small businesses.

 

98. Signed welfare reform requiring able-bodied adults who don’t have children to work or look for work if they’re on welfare.����

 

99. Under Trump, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history.

 

100. Reformed Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors 100’s of millions of $$$ this year alone.����

 

101. Signed Right-To-Try legislation allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental treatment that wasn’t allowed before.

 

102. Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic.❤️❤️

 

103. Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.����

 

104. U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high so we are less dependent on oil from the Middle East.

 

105. The U.S. is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.

 

106. NATO allies increased their defense spending because of his pressure campaign.

 

107. Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord in 2017 and that same year the U.S. still led the world by having the largest reduction in Carbon emissions.����

 

108. Has his circuit court judge nominees being confirmed faster than any other new administration.

 

109. Had his Supreme Court Justice’s Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh confirmed.

 

110. Moved U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.����

 

111. Agreed to a new trade deal with Mexico & Canada that will increase jobs here and $$$ coming in.

 

112. Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.

 

113. Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices, has agreed to a Part One trade deal with China.

 

114. Signed legislation to improve the National Suicide Hotline.����

 

115. Signed the most comprehensive childhood cancer legislation ever into law, which will advance childhood cancer research and improve treatments.

 

116. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by Trump doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it.

 

117. It also created a new tax credit for other dependents.

 

118. In 2018, President Trump signed into law a $2.4 billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to States to fund child care for low-income families.

 

119. The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC) signed into law by Trump provides a tax credit equal to 20-35% of child care expenses, $3,000 per child & $6,000 per family + Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) allow you to set aside up to $5,000 in pre-tax $ to use for child care.

 

120. In 2019 President Donald Trump signed the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education and Support Act (CARES) into law which allocates $1.8 billion in funding over the next five years to help people with autism spectrum disorder and to help their families.����

 

121. In 2019 President Trump signed into law two funding packages providing nearly $19 million in new funding for Lupus specific research and education programs, as well an additional $41.7 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the most Lupus funding EVER.

 

122. Another upcoming accomplishment to add: In the next week or two Trump will be signing the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence.) Once it’s the law, the TRACED Act will extend the period of time the FCC has to catch & punish those who intentionally break telemarketing restrictions. The bill also requires voice service providers to develop a framework to verify calls are legitimate before they reach your phone.

 

123. US stock market continually hits all-time record highs.

 

v Because so many people asked for a document with all of this listed in one place, here it is. No links provided to remove bias — as Google search is easy. Print this out for family, friends, neighbors, etc. I encourage you to drop this list off to voters before the 2020 election, too!

 

v Trump did all of this while fighting flagrant abuse and impeachment charges.

 

People should start thinking for themselves!

 

 

 

 

WOWOWOW!!!!!!!

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AN OPEN LETTER TO AMERICA

September 24, 2020

 

To Our Fellow Citizens:

 

 

We are former public servants who have devoted our careers, and in many cases risked our lives, for the United States. We are generals, admirals, senior noncommissioned officers, ambassadors, and senior civilian national security leaders. We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. We love our country. Unfortunately, we also fear for it. The COVID-19 pandemic has proven America needs principled, wise, and responsible leadership. America needs a President who understands, as President Harry S. Truman said, that “the buck stops here.”

 

 

We the undersigned endorse Joe Biden to be the next President of the United States. He is the leader our nation needs.

 

 

We believe that Joe Biden is, above all, a good man with a strong sense of right and wrong. He is guided by the principles that have long made America great: democracy is a hard-won right we must defend and support at home and abroad; America’s power and influence stem as much from her moral authority as it does from her economic and military power; America’s free press is invaluable, not an enemy of the people; those who sacrifice or give their lives in service of our nation deserve our respect and eternal gratitude; and America’s citizens benefit most when the United States engages with the world. Joe Biden will always put the nation’s needs before his own.

 

 

Those who have served know empathy is a vital leadership quality – you cannot do what is best for those you lead if you do not know their challenges. Joe Biden has empathy born of his humble roots, family tragedies and personal loss. When Americans are struggling, Joe Biden understands their pain and takes it upon himself to help.

 

 

We believe America’s president must be honest, and we find Joe Biden’s honesty and integrity indisputable. He believes a nation’s word is her bond. He believes we must stand by the allies who have stood by us. He remembers how America’s NATO allies rushed to her side after 9/11; how the Kurds fought by our side to defeat ISIS; and how Japan and South Korea have been steadfast partners in countering North Korean and Chinese provocations. Joe Biden would never sell out our allies to placate despots or because he dislikes an allied leader.

 

 

While some of us may have different opinions on particular policy matters, we trust Joe Biden’s positions are rooted in sound judgment, thorough understanding, and fundamental values.

 

 

We know Joe Biden has the experience and wisdom necessary to navigate America through a painful time. He has grappled with America’s most difficult foreign policy challenges for decades, learning what works – and what does not – in a dangerous world. He is knowledgeable, but he also knows that listening to diverse and dissenting views is essential, particularly when making tough decisions concerning our national security. Many of us have briefed Joe Biden on matters of national security, and we know he demands a thorough understanding of any issue before making a decision – as any American president should.

 

 

Finally, Joe Biden believes in personal responsibility. Over his long career, he has learned hard lessons and grown as a leader who can take positive action to unite and heal our country. It is unthinkable that he would ever utter the phrase “I don’t take responsibility at all.”

 

 

The next president will inherit a nation – and a world – in turmoil. The current President has demonstrated he is not equal to the enormous responsibilities of his office; he cannot rise to meet challenges large or small. Thanks to his disdainful attitude and his failures, our allies no longer trust or respect us, and our enemies no longer fear us. Climate change continues unabated, as does North Korea’s nuclear program. The president has ceded influence to a Russian adversary who puts bounties on the heads of American military personnel, and his trade war against China has only harmed America’s farmers and manufacturers. The next president will have to address those challenges while struggling with an economy in a deep recession and a pandemic that has already claimed more than 200,000 of our fellow citizens. America, with 4% of the world’s population suffers with 25% of the world’s COVID-19 cases. Only FDR and Abraham Lincoln came into office facing more monumental crises than the next president.

 

 

Joe Biden has the character, principles, wisdom, and leadership necessary to address a world on fire. That is why Joe Biden must be the next President of the United States; why we vigorously support his election; and why we urge our fellow citizens to do the same.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

NATIONAL SECURITY LEADERS FOR BIDEN

We are 489 retired Generals, Admirals, Senior Noncommissioned Officers, Ambassadors and Senior Civilian National Security Officials supporting Joe Biden for President.

 

 

 

 

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