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Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill exposes America’s weak defenses, experts say
by Abraham Mahshie, Defense Reporter |
 | April 12, 2021 06:00 AM
 

President Joe Biden's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan includes a laundry list of things that push the limits of the word, worrying defense and critical infrastructure experts who are concerned the plan will highlight America's soft points to potential foes.

For decades, the United States has neglected investments in roads, bridges, and ports. Critical infrastructure such as power plants and electrical grids are now targeted by adversaries who have demonstrated elsewhere their capacity to shut off the lights. Where private industry has not invested in the cybersecurity to keep adversaries out, security experts say the government must inject investment for the sake of U.S. national interest. But with just 5% to 7% of the Biden plan reportedly going to traditional and future infrastructure, national security experts worry politics and patronage will surpass national security.

“We consider infrastructure like ports and airports and things like that versus the bigger, broader definition that President Biden is using,” retired Lt. Gen. Tom Spoehr of the Heritage Foundation told the Washington Examiner.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/defense-experts-warn-biden-infrastructure-bill-reveals-us-weaknesses