{"id":1935514,"date":"2023-05-22T08:12:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T12:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-secretary-of-defense-reveals-what-he-believes-is-the-greatest-threat-to-the-u-s\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T08:13:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T12:13:59","slug":"obamas-secretary-of-defense-reveals-what-he-believes-is-the-greatest-threat-to-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-secretary-of-defense-reveals-what-he-believes-is-the-greatest-threat-to-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"US Defense Secretary under Obama reveals top threat to the country."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobamas-secretary-of-defense-reveals-what-he-believes-is-the-greatest-threat-to-the-u-s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1935514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: Extreme Political Polarization is the Greatest Threat to the U.S.<\/h2>\n<p>During an interview on CBS&#8217;s &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with host Margaret Brennan, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates expressed his concern about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-run-states-are-pushing-laws-to-target-social-media-misinformation\/\" title=\"Democrat-Run States Are Pushing Laws To Target Social Media \u2018Misinformation\u2019\">extreme political polarization<\/a> in the United States. Gates believes that this polarization is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-new-ethnic-studies-curriculum-ignores-or-maligns-jews-trashes-capitalism\/\" title=\"California\u2019s New Ethnic Studies Curriculum Ignores Or Maligns Jews, Trashes Capitalism\">greatest threat<\/a> to the country.<\/p>\n<h3>The Danger of Polarization<\/h3>\n<p>Gates made these remarks after discussing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-with-full-control-of-government-democrats-massive-wish-list-is-stalling\/\" title=\"Even With Full Control Of Government, Democrats\u2019 Massive Wish List Is Stalling\">debt ceiling<\/a> and the struggle in Washington, D.C. for leaders on both sides of the aisle to work together to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-ralph-norman-explains-why-congress-can-come-together-on-daylight-savings-time\/\" title=\"Rep. Ralph Norman Explains Why Congress Can Come Together On Daylight Savings Time\">resolve issues<\/a>. He stated that while polarization has always existed in America, the current level of meanness and lack of civility among politicians is something new and pervasive in Congress.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gates believes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">political leaders<\/a> should not demonize those who disagree with them.<\/li>\n<li>He thinks that Republicans and Democrats need to find better ways to work with each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gates emphasized that this lack of civility sets a bad example for the rest of the country. He hopes that political leaders will learn to disagree without being disagreeable and that they will work together to find solutions to the country&#8217;s problems.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview <a href=\"#\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stay up-to-date with the latest news by downloading the Daily Wire app <a href=\"#\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates stated in an interview that aired on CBS&#8217;s &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; that the extreme political polarization in the U.S. is the country&#8217;s biggest threat. Gates, who served under former President Barack Obama, expressed his concerns over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1935515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6412,3998,5315,5114,3779,4104],"class_list":["post-1935514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-country","tag-defense","tag-obama","tag-reveals","tag-secretary","tag-threat"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1935514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1935514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1935514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1935514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}