Here are the new grades for America’s military ― and the threats against it
By: Joe Gould  
WASHINGTON ― U.S. President Donald Trump will leave office with a marginally stronger military than when he entered, but he is also leaving President-elect Joe Biden with a set of more potent threats.
That’s based on the Heritage Foundation’s “2021 Index of U.S. Military Strength,†the conservative think tank’s annual review of the past year’s defense policy issues (which, to be clear, does not directly mention Trump or Biden). The index assesses the global operating environment and U.S. military strength on a five-tiered scale of “very weak,†“weak,†“marginal,†“strong†and “very strong.â€
“America’s leadership role remains in question, and its security interests are under significant pressure. Challenges continue to grow, long-standing allies are not what they once were, and the U.S. is increasingly bedeviled by debt that constrains its ability to sustain its forces commensurate with its interests," according to the report, which was released Tuesday and compiled by senior research fellow Dakota Wood.
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