https://minutesof.com/on/defense/ Everyone on the record about defense: 13 verbatim quotes from 5 people, July 2022 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:55 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/91681184-344a-4ba7-96b7-8201f9c8a2da/ https://minutesof.com/q/91681184-344a-4ba7-96b7-8201f9c8a2da/ “Course, Lindsey Graham believed that the first obligation of the federal government is to keep its people safe.” — Scott Bessent, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:35:09 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/408a49e5-b715-4819-8ab4-09a7ed5b2e9c/ https://minutesof.com/q/408a49e5-b715-4819-8ab4-09a7ed5b2e9c/ “I think what we're seeing in our military to a large extent is there's a huge bow wave of deferred modernization, and I think a failure to procure weapons and and capabilities at scale.” — H.R. McMaster, Forbes Breaking News Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:45:16 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/42393971-84d9-4f55-b81b-fbffa46ceaf7/ https://minutesof.com/q/42393971-84d9-4f55-b81b-fbffa46ceaf7/ “They need to up to 5%, and all they have to do is to cut the welfare budget. But of course, this government is the prisoner of its left wing and they can't do that.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/075c9b93-15e9-4a05-8402-06b8b04717fa/ https://minutesof.com/q/075c9b93-15e9-4a05-8402-06b8b04717fa/ “Actually, at the moment, and I'm pretty critical of this, the overall SIV has been wrapped up into the defense budget to make the defense budget look bigger, which is a bit of a cheat because the government are very keen to show that they're increasing defense spending.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/358373ed-7cb3-4fd7-945c-a8fbd0cc0488/ https://minutesof.com/q/358373ed-7cb3-4fd7-945c-a8fbd0cc0488/ “There may be 10 emails connecting me with him, probably about 10 emails connecting me with him over a fourteen year period. I did not have any relationship with him.” — Howard Lutnick, Scripps News Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:41:41 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/e68d0b39-5864-4c5d-a6c8-3d0510a22221/ https://minutesof.com/q/e68d0b39-5864-4c5d-a6c8-3d0510a22221/ “I met Jeffrey Epstein when he moved when I moved to a house next door to him in New York. Right? And I met him then.” — Howard Lutnick, Scripps News Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:41:41 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/b2129e14-a273-4004-9f41-609ca42687e4/ https://minutesof.com/q/b2129e14-a273-4004-9f41-609ca42687e4/ “That I met Jeffrey Epstein when he moved when I moved to a house next door to him in New York. Right? And I met him then.” — Howard Lutnick, Scripps News Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:41:41 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/04e5408d-5d29-4c33-91c7-0827afb106ac/ https://minutesof.com/q/04e5408d-5d29-4c33-91c7-0827afb106ac/ “We've created a cozy social democratic environment on the back of American taxpayers, and we've gotta wake up and understand our vulnerabilities and pay for this ourselves.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, TalkTV Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:15:01 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/470adc64-7de9-452b-aa46-77737e9abe2d/ https://minutesof.com/q/470adc64-7de9-452b-aa46-77737e9abe2d/ “I think it would create greater social cohesion. I think it would create a better sense of national identity.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:12:11 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/55daffb6-7aa2-4f87-babc-baaa69f4470a/ https://minutesof.com/q/55daffb6-7aa2-4f87-babc-baaa69f4470a/ “how could you possibly have a budget statement in parliament in the current state that we're in where the chancellor of the exchequer doesn't refer to national security and defense?” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:12:11 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/826a9a45-0bc3-4429-8908-baf48bc3b966/ https://minutesof.com/q/826a9a45-0bc3-4429-8908-baf48bc3b966/ “the reputation you've earned, the sinister reputation is completely misplaced because people don't really understand what the achievements of Palantir are.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:54:40 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/375ea98b-c40a-4503-8bb3-1d63665264d8/ https://minutesof.com/q/375ea98b-c40a-4503-8bb3-1d63665264d8/ “And it is not just AI companies. The defense companies of the future, they're also still private in many instances.” — Marc Rowan, CNBC Television Wed, 03 Sep 2025 12:01:15 +0000 defense https://minutesof.com/q/8e5c613d-3adb-4b8d-8aec-b1f7d280b17c/ https://minutesof.com/q/8e5c613d-3adb-4b8d-8aec-b1f7d280b17c/ “The UK is Europe's leading intelligence and security power, and of course we also are one of Europe's leading defense powers, and I think you just have to see what's happened in Ukraine and the way that we would have been able, as it were, to lead on the support for the Ukrainians.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Hoover Institution Wed, 06 Jul 2022 20:21:01 +0000 defense