It's not mandated by the Constitution.
Posted on: June 15, 2019 at 09:48:06 CT
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Though the Constitution empowers the Congress and President to act in certain explicit ways that could be regarded as providing a common defense of the states.
With that said, what the US govt is doing today is clearly not national "defense".