On November 9, 2023, The Vandenberg Coalition, the nation’s premier American foreign policy advocacy organization, and The Jesse Helms Center, the country’s leading advocate of free enterprise and U.S. Constitutional principles hosted a panel featuring the tenth Secretary of Veterans Affairs and current Newsmax commentator Robert Wilkie, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams, national security expert Amy Mitchell, and Carrie Filipetti, Executive Director of The Vandenberg Coalition. The panel discussion examined the current crises, America’s standing in the world, and what the 2024 presidential candidates should be talking about vis-a-vis national security and foreign policy.