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Media Highlights TV • July 30, 2026 

# Brandan P. Buck discusses how the National Guard evolved from America’s citizen militia tradition into a force increasingly used for overseas deployments on *The Jim Webb Podcast*

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##### [Brandan P. Buck](/people/brandan-p-buck)

Research Fellow, Cato Institute

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