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Army cuts helicopters, pushes ‘Amazon for war’ as drone combat reshapes military
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Army leaders signaled Wednesday that drone-heavy warfare and recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are reshaping the service’s aviation and missile defense strategy, driving new scrutiny of helicopter programs and costly Patriot interceptor systems.
The comments come as the Army’s fiscal year 2027 budget request sharply cuts the funding request for helicopter procurement, including reducing Apache funding from roughly $361.7 million to about $1.5 million, Black Hawk funding from about $913 million to roughly $39.3 million and Chinook procurement from roughly $629 million to about $210 million, while increasing investment in drones, autonomy and low-cost battlefield technologies.
The transformation push is already extending beyond procurement. The Army previously announced plans to cut roughly 6,500 active-duty aviation positions over fiscal years 2026 and 2027 — including pilots, flight crews and maintainers — as leaders shift resources toward unmanned systems and drone warfare.
It remains unclear whether the procurement reductions ultimately will shrink aviation fleet sizes, extend the service life of aging aircraft or delay planned replacement cycles.
Army leaders suggested the battlefield lessons driving the changes are already shaping budget decisions, as the service redirects money away from some traditional aviation programs toward drones, autonomy and low-cost mass systems.
«Absolutely, as we look across the aviation portfolio … we’re re-looking that,» Assistant Army Secretary Brent Ingraham said during a Pentagon media roundtable Wednesday.
Ingraham said the Army is reassessing how traditional manned aircraft fit alongside larger unmanned systems increasingly capable of missions once handled by helicopters.
The proposed aviation cuts already have drawn concern on Capitol Hill.
During a recent Senate Armed Services Committee hearing May 12, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., warned that the Army’s budget request included «zero H-64 Apaches, zero Chinook Block IIs and one UH-60 Black Hawk,» arguing the service was divesting critical capabilities before validating replacements.
«Your department’s budget request cuts over $5 billion from the industrial base in the aviation sector alone, effectively shutting down all current Army aviation platforms,» Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, pressed War Secretary Pete Hegseth during a May 12 House Appropriations hearing. «How did the department arrive at the conclusion that reducing procurement for these Army aviation platforms strengthens rather than weakens the aviation industrial base?»
Hegseth acknowledged the Pentagon was reconsidering parts of the plan.
«There are some very good things in the Army Transformation Initiative, and there are some things that we’ve needed to get another look at,» Hegseth told lawmakers during a House hearing after facing questions about the scale of the aviation cuts.
Hegseth said Pentagon leaders were focused on ensuring the Army does not create «aviation capability gaps» as it transitions toward more unmanned systems and next-generation technologies.
Army leaders signaled Wednesday that drone-heavy warfare and recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are reshaping the service’s aviation and missile defense strategy, driving new scrutiny of helicopter programs and costly Patriot interceptor systems. (Al Drago/Reuters:Stephen Wormuth/Reuters)
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Army leaders said the rapid spread of cheap drones is forcing the Army to rethink how it buys and fields aircraft, missile defenses and battlefield technology.
«We know we don’t want to continue to use a Patriot missile to shoot down a cheap drone,» Ingraham said. «You’ve got to get on the right side of the cost curve.»
The concern has become increasingly urgent after the U.S. and its allies burned through large numbers of expensive missile defense interceptors during the Israel-Iran conflict and broader Middle East operations, fueling Pentagon concerns about stockpile depletion and the long-term sustainability of relying on multimillion-dollar defensive systems against cheap drones and missiles.
The Colombian army activated its first unmanned aircraft battalion at the military base in Tolemaida, Colombia, on Oct. 10, 2025, to counter illegal armed groups using drones in conflict. (Raul Arboleda/AFP)
Officials also described a new allied drone and counter-drone procurement marketplace designed to speed foreign military sales and standardize interoperable systems across partner nations. Driscoll compared the effort to «an Amazon for war.»
Officials said the marketplace is expected to become available to roughly 25 U.S. allies and partners worldwide, initially focused on drone and counter-drone systems before potentially expanding to additional capabilities and countries.
The platform will for now only allow allies to buy U.S. capabilities.
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The Army also is launching a rapid competition to develop low-cost interceptors designed to counter drones and cruise missiles without exhausting multimillion-dollar Patriot missile stocks.
Ingraham said companies will have roughly 120 days after an upcoming industry event to demonstrate technologies ranging from rocket motors and seekers to fully integrated interceptor concepts.
«Even if you don’t have it all on the ground … bring it,» he said.
The transformation effort reflects growing concern inside the Pentagon that cheap drones, autonomous systems and mass-produced weapons are rapidly changing the economics and survivability assumptions of modern warfare, particularly after conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East exposed vulnerabilities in traditional armored and aviation-heavy battlefield concepts.
Army leaders signaled that drone-heavy warfare and recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are reshaping the service’s aviation and missile defense strategy, driving new scrutiny of helicopter programs and costly Patriot interceptor systems. (Anthony Bailey/Handout via Reuters)
Army leaders increasingly suggest future wars will rely less on small numbers of expensive manned platforms and more on large quantities of cheaper, networked and rapidly replaceable systems capable of surviving in drone-saturated battlefields.
Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said at the roundtable that the service is attempting to overhaul what leaders view as decades of broken acquisition practices that left the Army too slow to adapt to rapidly changing battlefield conditions.
«How do we dig down deep into the system to change the broken processes that have led to so many bad outcomes over the last 30 years?» Driscoll said.
Driscoll said the Army had lost Congress’s trust after decades of acquisition failures and budget overruns.
«The United States Army had in some ways lost Congress’s trust over the last 30 years that we could do big new projects, keep them on time, keep them on budget,» he said.
He later referenced the Army’s now-canceled M10 Booker armored vehicle program as an example of the type of procurement failure leaders are trying to avoid.
«When we go to Congress and say, ‘Hey, trust us to develop a new platform. This one will not turn out like the Booker tank,’» Driscoll said.
Driscoll argued the Army already is trying to field new capabilities on dramatically accelerated timelines more similar to wartime adaptation cycles seen in Ukraine than traditional Pentagon acquisition schedules.
«When Operation Epic Fury kicked off, we were able to on day five go start the process to purchase 13,000 Merops counter-drone interceptors,» Driscoll said.
«By day 10, we had contracted for something we had never purchased before,» he added. «They were starting to flow into theater in the thousands by day 20.»
Army officials also said the service is trying to rapidly improve how weapons systems, sensors and battlefield networks communicate with one another after studying Ukraine’s ability to quickly integrate commercial and military technologies during the war.
«The Ukrainians were highlighting to us how their open architecture system allowed information to pass between nearly all of their sensors and radars,» Driscoll said. «That empowered so many things that they could do that we just can’t do yet.»
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«At this exact moment at Fort Carson, there are 450 developers and programmers jailbreaking all of our equipment,» he added.
«I’m cautiously optimistic within a month from now we will have jailbroken literally hundreds of pieces of equipment.»
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Progress with Iran can only be achieved ‘by force,’ expert warns
President Trump hints at an imminent peace deal with Iran, suggesting the Supreme Leader has approved it and the US will lift blockades. Rebecca Heinrichs, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow, expresses skepticism, citing Iran’s continued harassment in the Strait of Hormuz and its nuclear program. She also addresses reports of the US cutting fighter jets in Europe, questioning the timing given escalating tensions with Russia.
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The U.S. has hit back against threats to now block another Middle East waterway by Iranian terror proxy, the Houthis.
Earlier this week, the group declared a complete ban on Israeli-owned ships using the Red Sea, declaring them to be «legitimate targets».
The Red Sea and the waterway through its narrow Bab-el Mandeb strait, has become the main route for oil to ship out of the Middle East to Asia since the Strait of Hormuz has effectively stopped functioning as the main route of navigation for shipping.
IRAN’S AFRICA ACTIVITIES POSE ‘SIGNIFICANT THREATS TO US NATIONAL SECURITY’
Houthi terrorists walk over British and U.S. flags at a rally supporting Palestinians amid Houthi strikes on shipping near Sana’a, Yemen, on Feb. 4, 2024. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree posted on Monday, «We declare a complete and total ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, and we consider all enemy movements to be legitimate targets.»
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a State Department spokesperson struck back: «The escalatory actions of Iran and their Houthi proxies are unacceptable. These dangerous actions only serve to further enflame tensions and further disrupt global supply chains. We will continue to work with our partners to ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz.»
Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital, «The Houthis have indeed risen to the challenge, at least verbally. In common with much ‘Axis of Resistance’ rhetoric at present, the intention appears to be to leverage US political nervousness and market volatility, and to drive a wedge between the Americans and the Israelis.»
An aerial view of The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is a sea route connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea via the Suez Canal. (Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2021)
Fitton-Brown, a former U.K. ambassador to Yemen added, «Provided the allies keep talking to each other, the Israelis respond proportionately, as they have done, and the Iranians continue to provoke President Trump with actions like the downing of the helicopter, these tactics are unlikely to achieve significant success.»
«It will be interesting if the Houthis do go all in, and resume their campaign against Red Sea shipping with full intensity,» Fitton-Brown said, adding, «This will draw international anger and likely result in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Sanaa and Hodeida. There is potential for a general escalation if this happens, albeit one in which the allies have a clear military advantage.»
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A huge column of fire erupts in the Yemeni rebel-held port city of Hodeida following reported strikes on July 20, 2024. The strikes targeted a fuel depot in the port, according to Houthi-run media and an AFP correspondent.
Landlocked Ethiopia acts as regional anti-terrorism buffer
Such actions come as reports emerge that Ethiopia, the Red Sea region’s most populous country, is stepping up as a major U.S. ally against Islamic terrorism.
While landlocked, Ethiopia has a population of some 130 million, making it the largest nation in the Horn of Africa. Located near parts of the Red Sea corridor, the country is roughly 60% Christian, according to a recent report by the Association of Religion Data Archives.
World Data Locator Map, Ethiopia. (Encyclopedia Britannica/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
And despite it being landlocked, Ethiopian researcher Blen M. Diriba told Fox News Digital that the country acts as a strategic roadblock or «a keystone state» on the Islamist expansionist ‘highway’ that has formed all the way from Iran to Sudan.
Diriba, executive director of the Horn Review — an Addis Ababa-based research and publication think tank — told Fox News Digital that «Ethiopia, long a frontline U.S. security partner, now sits at the center of an expanding pressure zone where maritime disruption, insurgent violence, terrorist threats, and proxy competition converge.»
Diriba added. «Iran’s Bab el-Mandeb threat transforms the Horn of Africa into a militarized frontline, placing Ethiopia at the center of a chokepoint crisis. With Iranian influence radiating through conflict ecosystems in Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia, the region is beginning to resemble a continuous arc of instability stretching from the Arabian Peninsula into East Africa.»
«Ethiopia sits at the center of one of the world’s most combustible security corridors,» Diriba continued. «And in strategic terms, its relevance to the United States is amplified, not diminished, by that reality: From the Red Sea disruptions driven by the Houthis to the persistent insurgency threat of al-Shabab in Somalia, Ethiopia functions as a massive inland security buffer whose stability directly shapes whether these threats expand or are contained.»
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Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force parade during the 116th celebration of Ethiopian Defense Force day in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Oct.26, 2023. (Amanuel Sileshi/AFP via Getty images)
But in addition to being pro-U.S., Ethiopia also has relations with Iran.
Fitton-Brown believes to some extent Ethiopia can be accused of playing both sides, as he said Tehran «has helped Ethiopia with its internal conflicts, giving drone support and military aid to the Ethiopian government during the recent Tigray War.»
He added, «There is a new memorandum of understanding built upon that basis, with Iran gaining influence in Ethiopia, while Ethiopia receives military, police and intelligence support to counter its domestic ethnic insurgencies.»
However, Diriba said, «Ethiopia’s engagement with Iran is neither affinity nor alignment, it’s strategic awareness: keeping channels open to engage where necessary, cooperate selectively, and strategically manage its relations with a complex regional actor, while firmly anchoring its core partnerships with its emerging and long-standing partners — the United States being on the top of that list.»
A drone view shows vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, May 25, 2026. (Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY via Reuters)
«Ethiopia has pursued a flexible multi-alignment strategy, Diriba said, «prioritizing its entrenched security partnership with Washington while keeping open channels with Tehran to preserve diplomatic room to maneuver in an increasingly fragmented Horn of Africa–Red Sea order.»
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Fitton-Brown said relations between the U.S. and Ethiopia «are good, especially in the field of counterterrorism. Both countries use Somaliland to their advantage without having gone so far as to recognize it as an independent state.»
Fox News Digital reached out to both the Department of War and the Ethiopian government for comment, but received no response by the time of publication.
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Las tormentas obligan a cancelar más de 900 vuelos en Estados Unidos en medio de los viajes por el Mundial 2026
El sistema de transporte de Estados Unidos experimentó graves interrupciones operativas debido a una serie de tormentas severas y tornados que coincidieron con la inauguración de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026. Miles de viajeros y aficionados al fútbol enfrentaron cancelaciones y largas demoras desde el 11 de junio, cuando el fenómeno meteorológico impactó directamente en rutas aéreas y ferroviarias clave. La situación afecta a los principales aeropuertos y estaciones del país, generando complicaciones logísticas en las ciudades sede del torneo internacional.
Según la Administración Federal de Aviación (FAA) y el servicio de monitoreo FlightAware, más de 900 vuelos fueron cancelados y cerca de 4.000 experimentaron retrasos entre el 10 y el 12 de junio. Las mayores afectaciones se concentraron en los aeropuertos de Chicago y el corredor noreste, incluyendo Nueva York, Newark y Filadelfia. Las principales aerolíneas implementaron exenciones para reprogramar pasajes sin penalización, como respuesta a las condiciones meteorológicas extremas.
El contexto de estas alteraciones coincide con la apertura de la Copa Mundial, que se disputa en Estados Unidos, Canadá y México. Las autoridades anticipan un aumento en la demanda de servicios de transporte en las próximas semanas, mientras los pronósticos del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (NWS) advierten sobre la persistencia de tormentas, calor extremo y posibles impactos adicionales en la movilidad de los asistentes al torneo.
De acuerdo con Newsweek y cifras de FlightAware, los aeropuertos O’Hare y Midway de Chicago se ubicaron como los más afectados, con 21 cancelaciones y 409 retrasos en O’Hare solo el 11 de junio. Otros centros neurálgicos, como Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Boston, Nueva York (JFK y LaGuardia), Denver y Los Ángeles, también reportaron interrupciones significativas, según el portal especializado Travel Tourister. Esta dinámica generó un efecto dominó en la red nacional, con demoras y cancelaciones que afectaron conexiones domésticas e internacionales.
Las demoras se extendieron a rutas transcontinentales y afectaron vuelos hacia y desde ciudades sede del Mundial, como Nueva York, Filadelfia y Boston. El impacto fue tal que tanto la FAA como las aerolíneas recomendaron a los pasajeros revisar en tiempo real el estado de sus vuelos y considerar alternativas de reprogramación.
La FAA atribuyó la situación a un sistema de tormentas severas y tornados que cruzó el Medio Oeste y avanzó hacia el noreste, reduciendo la capacidad operativa en los principales aeropuertos. El NWS advirtió que las condiciones adversas podrían extenderse, con nuevas tormentas y altas temperaturas previstas para los días siguientes.
Los datos oficiales confirman que el 10 de junio hubo 3.895 vuelos demorados y 91 cancelaciones. El día siguiente, las cancelaciones aumentaron a 925 y las demoras superaron los 3.900 vuelos, según FlightAware y Travel Tourister. Las aerolíneas más impactadas fueron Southwest Airlines (911 retrasos), American Airlines (528) y United Airlines (434).
La congestión no se limitó al tráfico aéreo. Según Newsweek, la estación Penn de Nueva York experimentó aglomeraciones y cancelaciones en rutas ferroviarias estratégicas para el traslado entre ciudades sede del Mundial. Los servicios de trenes interurbanos y regionales vieron interrumpido su funcionamiento por el impacto de la tormenta y la alta demanda, lo que incrementó la presión sobre los sistemas de transporte alternativos.
El colapso de rutas ferroviarias afectó especialmente a viajeros con conexiones nacionales e internacionales, complicando los planes de desplazamiento de miles de personas en pleno inicio del torneo, de acuerdo con el reporte de Newsweek.
Las tormentas y tornados causaron daños materiales de consideración en áreas de Illinois e Indiana. Newsweek documentó que en la localidad de Streator, Illinois, equipos de emergencia realizaron tareas de rescate entre los escombros luego del paso de un tornado que destruyó viviendas y dejó barrios enteros cubiertos de restos. En el noroeste de Indiana, se reportó la presencia de un gran embudo de tornado, con riesgos potenciales para infraestructuras eléctricas y edificaciones.
El NWS informó que cientos de miles de hogares y empresas quedaron sin energía eléctrica en el Medio Oeste. Las cuadrillas de servicios públicos trabajaron para restablecer el suministro y liberar caminos bloqueados por árboles y escombros. Las tareas de recuperación se mantienen activas, según los reportes oficiales.
Las aerolíneas principales, como United Airlines y American Airlines, activaron exenciones especiales para permitir a los pasajeros reprogramar sus vuelos sin costo adicional, siempre que el itinerario incluyera alguno de los aeropuertos afectados. Travel Tourister señala que los pasajeros deben consultar el estado de sus vuelos mediante aplicaciones oficiales o sitios web antes de dirigirse a los aeropuertos, ya que los cambios de puerta y demoras suelen comunicarse con antelación digitalmente.
La FAA recomendó a los viajeros llegar con mayor anticipación a los aeropuertos de alto riesgo. Además, recordó que la normativa del Departamento de Transporte (DOT) otorga derecho a reembolso completo por cancelaciones, aunque la compensación económica solo corresponde a demoras atribuibles a la gestión de la aerolínea, no a causas meteorológicas.
El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional mantiene alertas por tormentas y una ola de calor proyectada para la costa este, con índices térmicos cercanos a 38°C (100°F). Las autoridades meteorológicas advierten que el sistema de tormentas podría mantenerse y seguir afectando ciudades densamente pobladas del noreste y del corredor atlántico.
Según el NWS, el avance de un frente frío hacia el este traerá riesgos de ráfagas de viento y nuevas tormentas, lo que podría volver a reducir la capacidad operativa de aeropuertos y estaciones ferroviarias. La combinación de clima severo y alta demanda por el Mundial podría prolongar las demoras y complicaciones en la movilidad de viajeros y residentes.
El inicio de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026, que se desarrolla en Estados Unidos, Canadá y México, coincide con el periodo de mayor movilidad del año en la región. Newsweek señala que las interrupciones complican la llegada y el traslado entre sedes para visitantes nacionales e internacionales. La FAA y el NWS no descartan la posibilidad de que nuevas tormentas o la presencia de rayos cerca de los estadios obliguen a suspender temporalmente partidos, de acuerdo con el reglamento de la FIFA, aunque hasta el momento los encuentros inaugurales se realizaron según lo previsto.
El NWS advierte que la ola de calor y la persistencia de tormentas pueden incrementar el estrés sobre los sistemas de transporte, tanto para asistentes al torneo como para población local.
Las autoridades de transporte y meteorología recomiendan a los viajeros:
- Consultar el estado de sus vuelos y conexiones ferroviarias en tiempo real.
- Utilizar aplicaciones oficiales de las aerolíneas y servicios de tren para actualizar información sobre retrasos, cambios de puerta o cancelaciones.
- Planificar los desplazamientos con antelación y considerar alternativas cuando sea posible.
- Seguir las indicaciones de las autoridades locales y los mensajes de alerta difundidos por las ciudades sede del Mundial.
El NWS mantiene la recomendación de estar atentos a nuevas actualizaciones meteorológicas, mientras que la FAA y el DOT insisten en el uso de canales digitales para la gestión de reservas y la solicitud de reembolsos, según la normativa vigente.
El impacto en la movilidad durante la Copa Mundial dependerá de la evolución del clima y de la capacidad de respuesta de los sistemas de transporte. Los organizadores del torneo y las autoridades locales continúan difundiendo mensajes de precaución y solicitan a los asistentes mantener la flexibilidad en sus planes de viaje.
La situación se mantiene dinámica, con nuevos pronósticos de tormentas y altas temperaturas. Las autoridades recomiendan consultar fuentes oficiales y tomar precauciones adicionales en los traslados entre ciudades sede y hacia los estadios, mientras persistan las condiciones adversas.
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Former Biden ambassador considered running against him over border mess, bashes Kamala in new book
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Ken Salazar, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico under President Joe Biden, considered running for president against his former boss in 2024, he revealed.
«I should run for president,» Salazar told himself, after Biden’s disastrous July 2024 debate performance, according to a book excerpt obtained by Politico.
Salazar also claimed that he begged for a border czar and early on advised Biden to refer to the U.S. border situation as a crisis.
«There was political failure to understand the reality of the crisis at the border, and the political consequence it would have on Democrats in the 2024 election.
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President Joe Biden is greeted by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar upon his arrival at Felipe Angeles International Airport in Zumpango, Mexico, on Jan. 8, 2023. (Fernando Llano/AP)
Salazar claimed that within the administration, officials used the word «crisis» all the time, «even if at that time the White House refused to acknowledge it as such.»
When Salazar advised then-Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to use the word, Mayorkas apparently told him: «Ken, I have a lot on my plate already. I’m about to be impeached for all this border stuff. The Republicans have it out for me.»
Salazar never ended up declaring himself as a candidate despite recruiting a team and drafting a presidential platform, Politico reported.
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He had planned to throw his name into consideration when Biden dropped out, but the Democratic Party never held open primaries, instead choosing to coronate Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s candidate unilaterally, a decision Salazar called «a mistake,» per Politico.
FILE – Former U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar speaks in Mexico City on Dec. 6, 2023.
Salazar criticized Harris’ action, or lack thereof, on the border after she was tasked with stemming the flow of migration. Harris was dubbed the border czar, a position Salazar had pushed for the Biden White House to create, but he was unhappy with the nature of her work in the position.
«But sadly, her designation in this position was having no effect on migration flows,» he wrote.
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«[Harris] had been placed in charge of getting at the ‘root causes’ of migration, but many felt she had been ineffective,» he continued.
«For whatever reason, she had been unable to help with the border and migration crisis, even though she’d sat next door to the Oval Office for almost four years.»
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool/Getty Images)
Salazar, a Colorado-born lawyer of Mexican descent and his state’s first Hispanic senator, praised Biden’s eventual decision to effectively shut down the border in 2024, but acknowledged it was too late.
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«This should have been a moment of vindication — after all, American voters were demanding action on the border — but it was too late, and images of an out-of-control border would dominate the closing months of the presidential election,» he wrote, per Politico.
Salazar also revealed in his book, titled «Borderlands: My Fight For An Inclusive America,» that he’s been giving out advice to potential Democratic presidential candidates, pitching them on his «borderlands platform,» an immigration policy that he says acknowledges the U.S. immigration system is broken and «must be fixed,» according to Politico.
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He has already met with Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, both Democrats, and plans to meet with Illinois’ Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, Politico reported.
Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., conducts the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 in the Rayburn Building on June 9, 2022. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks to supporters during an election night event at Hotel Congress in Tucson, Arizona, on Nov. 3, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images, Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital contacted Salazar, Pritzker, Gallego and Kelly for comment.
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