STEVE PEOPLES
AP
Republican presidential contender Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to offer frustrated veterans subsidized private health care, charging that immigrants in the country illegally receive better care than the nation's wounded soldiers.
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The Republican front-runner gave no details on how he would pay for an expansion in the armed forces — or veterans' health care — leaving his foreign policy agenda still mostly a blank slate.He called for a military buildup so broad that no foe would challenge the U.S., as well as a new health care deal for veterans stuck on waiting lists in hospitals run by the Department of Veterans Affairs. In doing so, he again swiped at people who are in the country illegally, a refrain that has powered his campaign since the start.
"There's tremendous crime, there's tremendous drugs pouring across the border," Trump said. "We're going to build a wall."
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Trump excites with tough rhetoric, but he has so far has offered little in the way of detailed policies on national security or foreign policy.
He has also struggled to answer basic questions about key players in the Middle East and elsewhere. He acknowledged in a recent radio interview, for example, that he didn't know the difference between Hamas and Hezbollah, but said he'd become an expert on U.S. interests abroad by the time he becomes president.
Republican presidential rival Rand Paul, a leading Trump critic, charged that Trump's lack of experience with national security is alarming.
"Do you want someone who appears to still be in grade school to be in charge of the nuclear arsenal?" Paul asked, speaking in a recent Associated Press interview.
On Tuesday evening, however, Trump insisted his skills on the international stage are superior to those of his Republican rivals.
"I'm fighting some very nice people," he said. "But they're never going to do anything with these countries. They're never going to be able to do it. It's an instinct. It's something that's special. They don't have it."
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