The Threat to Patriotism in America

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The Wall Street Journal found Americans are much less patriotic than they were in the 1990s. Do you think a change in values such as patriotism is making people less likely to serve? "I wonder if some young Americans are looking at the totality of our historical record and saying, I'm not proud of everything that the United States has done over the years"

The US military faces its worst recruiting crisis since the draft ended in 1973. Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth — aware of the military’s reputation of forever wars, veteran suicide, and sexual assault — is working to convince a new generation to enlist anyway.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.

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