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AFPI Commends House Passage of the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement in response to the House of Representatives passing the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act:
AFPI Releases The Veterans First Agenda
This week, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a new issue brief, The Veterans First Agenda: Expanding Access and Improving Care for America’s Heroes, under the America First Warfighters Coalition. This brief outlines reforms to improve veterans’ healthcare by expanding access, strengthening patient choice, and increasing accountability across the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system.
AFPI Releases Expert Insight on How Foreign Military Sales Can Strengthen U.S. Security and America’s Industrial Base
From Weapons to Wages: How Foreign Military Sales Create U.S. Jobs
Decades of offshoring of manufacturing jobs have hollowed out the American industrial base, including the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), leaving America’s ability to secure its interests in a degraded state. Between 2000 and 2016, the United States lost nearly five million manufacturing jobs, leaving entire communities deprived of the durable, high-wage work that once anchored them and which formed so much of American life until recent decades.
AFPI Applauds NDAA, Advances in Election Security in Congress
The America First Policy Institute welcomes House consideration of the FY27 NDAA and its focus on rebuilding America’s defense industrial base, restoring military readiness, strengthening deterrence, supporting service members, securing critical supply chains, and cutting waste, fraud, and abuse.
Experts on Defense
The Honorable Chad Wolf
Chair, Homeland Security & Immigration Policy and Chair, Western Hemisphere Initiative
Matthew Burtell
Senior Policy Analyst, AI and Emerging Technology
The Honorable Fred Fleitz
Vice Chair, American Security
Royce Hood
Senior Policy Analyst
John R. Thomas, Jr.
Senior Fellow, American Security
The Honorable Robert Wilkie
Co-Chair, American Security Policy
Benjamin Woolsey
Policy Analyst, American Security Policy