NORTH AMERICA 2.0 - Forging a Continental Future

intervention in the Mexican Revolution, including the potential complicity of then Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson in the coup that overthrew the Mexican government in 1913 and the U. [...] Its combatant command mission is to protect the territory and the national interests of the United States within the continental United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas, along with the air, land, and sea approaches to these areas. [...] Instead, the chain of command runs from the president (as commander in chief) to the secretary of defense (SEDENA, in charge of the Army and Air Force) 4 and the secretary of the navy (SEMAR, in charge of the Navy, Naval Infantry, and Coast Guard), with no joint staff to oversee combined military and law enforcement operations. [...] The Biden administration’s potential approach to defense spending and the impact, if any, on continental defense remains to be seen as the United States responds to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting severe recession. [...] In summary, the threats to the defense of North America are real, varied, and changing as are the opportunities for cooperation among the military forces of Canada, Mexico and the United States.