NSL4A invites our national security partners and media to join the West Philadelphia Corridor Collective’s October 14 Zoom briefing to help business leaders prepare for potential National Guard deployment and increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in their communities. The briefing will feature two NSL4A speakers: the Honorable Patrick J. Murphy, former Under Secretary of the Army, Member of Congress from Pennsylvania, and captain in the U.S. Army Reserve; and retired Brigadier General Dave McGinnis, former Assistant Secretary of Defense. They will be joined by Jonathan Grode, U.S. Practice Director and Managing Partner of Green & Spiegel, LLP.

NSL4A strongly supports the House-passed Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that preserves the bipartisan Naming Commission’s work established by Congress in the FY2021 NDAA. NSL4A joins the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and other organizations in this effort to uphold integrity, unity, and accountability within our armed forces.

Created in 2021, the Naming Commission worked across party lines to ensure our military symbols reflect American ideals of unity and service. Reversing its results would disrespect both the process and the principles it represents.

NSL4A today unequivocally condemned the recent remarks made by President Donald J. Trump during a meeting with senior military officers at Marine Corps Base Quantico, as reported by The Associated Press and The New York Times.

In a moment that should alarm every American who values public safety, constitutional governance, and civilian control of the military, Mr. Trump reportedly said:

“We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”

NSL4A, a bipartisan coalition of retired senior military officers, ambassadors, and national security officials, today announced its opposition to  President Trump’s new Executive Order granting the National Guard sweeping authority to perform domestic law enforcement duties,  calling them “ineffective, wasteful, and dangerous.”

This action represents a perilous escalation in the politicization of America’s armed forces. For over two centuries, the United States has maintained a distinct separation between civilian policing and the military. By directing the Guard to assume routine law enforcement responsibilities, the administration is eroding one of the bedrock principles of our democracy: that military power must never be used as a tool of domestic control.

NSL4A is deeply concerned by the sudden firing of Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Announced without explanation, this dismissal is the latest in a disturbing trend of political interference in the U.S. intelligence community.

This follows the recent removal of General Timothy Haugh as Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), as well as the abrupt dismissal of the acting chair and vice chair of the National Intelligence Council, whose members provide strategic, long-term analysis to policymakers. These actions, along with reports of pressure on analysts to alter or downplay assessments of foreign threats, reflect a concerted effort to bend intelligence to fit political preferences.