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https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/635635873280782081-commentry-promojpg.jpg?w=600600600Dear Sen. John McCain: You know as well as anyone, the Department of Defense and the US military are at greater risk today than at any time since Sept. 11. The principal threat is not al-Qaida, Da'esh or a resurgent China or Russia, although a good part of the world remains dangerously unstable. Nor is sequestration, despite its irrationality, the mortal danger, although it will harm the forces.