Scott Walker Lands Former Senator as National Security Expert for 2016 Race

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Heritage Foundation:

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has added one of Washington’s leading advocates of military readiness to the ranks of advisers helping prepare him for a likely campaign for president.

 

Jim Talent, who represented Missouri in both the House and Senate before becoming a fellow at The Heritage Foundation, confirmed Thursday that he has joined Walker’s budding national security and foreign policy team.

 

“I was impressed by his understanding and—I’ll use a 50-cent word—how he contextualizes issues,” Talent said in a phone interview with The Daily Signal.

 

“I think he understands that being strong isn’t everything you need to do in foreign policy, but it’s the essential foundation for everything else,” added the former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “If you’re weak nothing works, right? Your diplomacy doesn’t work, sanctions don’t work.”