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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
A pandemic period of critical shortages, shipping delays and even unfilled prescriptions at CVS reminds all of us that disrupted supply chains thousands of miles away disrupt everyday life on Main Street. It’s exposed vulnerabilities that result from a lack of long-term planning and investment. Quick fixes can only do so much. Two recent experiences here in the Midwest reminded me that the same is true in foreign policy; we must protect our human supply chains because we pay now, or we pay later. At a reunion of seven of the 10 members of the 9/11 Commission hosted recently on the campus of In…
