Ensuring the safety and security of American citizens is generally associated with foreign policy and counterterrorism efforts, but the reality is that American leaders must be just as vigilant about foreign influence at home as they are abroad. From large buyouts of farmland near sensitive military sites, to influencing our academic institutions and commandeering political influence, there is clear reason to view this behavior as a very real threat.

Now, some states are beginning to push back against this quiet takeover, and Arkansas Republicans are leading the charge for the rest of the country. Under the leadership of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Attorney General Tim Griffin and fellow Republican legislators, we're sending a clear message and setting a blueprint for others to follow in ensuring hostile foreign entities have no foothold in Arkansas, or any other state in America.

One of the most powerful tools for long-term defense against foreign influence is in education. Arkansas Republicans took a bold step with Act 134, which mandates instruction in elementary schools on the resilience of the U.S. constitutional republic and........

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