Pence’s Advancing American Freedom Launches Institute for National Security

— a conservative policy shop founded by former Vice President in 2021 — is launching an Institute for National Security, according to plans shared exclusively with National Review on Monday.

The institute will fuse domestic free-market policies with America’s most pressing challenges as a global superpower, according to the group’s prospectus outlining the goals for the new policy center. Leading the institute is Dakota Wood, a retired Marine Corps officer and former editor of The Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military Strength, who will serve as Vice President. Wood was at Heritage for a decade until 2024.

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— a conservative policy shop founded by former Vice President in 2021 — is launching an Institute for National Security, according to plans shared exclusively with National Review on Monday.

The institute will fuse domestic free-market policies with America’s most pressing challenges as a global superpower, according to the group’s prospectus outlining the goals for the new policy center. Leading the institute is Dakota Wood, a retired Marine Corps officer and former editor of The Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military Strength, who will serve as Vice President. Wood was at Heritage for a decade until 2024.