A decade ago, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the greatest national security threat to America wasn't China, Russia, or Sunni jihadists but toxic political polarization in Washington (the two square miles between the Capitol building and White House).
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“Robert Gates who was the defense secretary...he said um a decade ago...the greatest national security threat to the United States...was the two square miles between the capital building and the White House in other words that toxic political polarization”
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The Coming Global Depopulation | Nicholas Eberstadt | John Bonython Lecture— Centre for Independent StudiesCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:59:08 PM
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