Navy SEAL McRaven says America's biggest national security issue is the K-12 education system [View all]

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Navy SEAL who oversaw bin Laden raid says America's biggest national security issue is the K-12 education system

https://www.businessinsider.com/navy-seal-william-mcraven-education-biggest-security-issue-2020-7?fbclid=IwAR0AaXS2ynirjyAymWQwU4-I0VIsxr-80iPdYKy3_YZefFBUf3O2EYouYQc

While some former US military leaders have had offered witty one-liners when asked which national security threat keeps them up at night, one former commander had an unconventional answer: "K-12 education."

Retired Adm. William McRaven, a former US Navy SEAL commander and head of US Special Operations Command, said he was "the biggest fan" of the younger generation of Americans and that education in grade school played a broader role in national security.

"When I was chancellor, I would have a lot of town hall meetings, or meetings with our alumni, and that question always came up," McRaven, who was chancellor of the University of Texas System, said at the Aspen Ideas Festival on June 29. "And they would always ask ... 'What's your No. 1 national security issue?'"

"I think my answer always surprised them," he added.

McRaven, who stepped down from overseeing one of the largest US school systems in 2018, said he stood by that thinking.

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