What’s behind the U.S. military’s recruitment crisis?

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<p>The U.S. military is the most powerful and lethal in the world. But several branches of the armed forces have failed to meet their recruiting goals in recent years. That has some experts concerned about whether the country would be prepared to defend itself in the event of war. In a recent piece for the <a href="https://apple.news/AcIUB51f4R16D9GBkP-hGcA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>New Yorker</em></a>, Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning journalist Dexter Filkins writes about the state of the military today. He spoke with <em>Apple News In Conversation </em>host Shumita Basu about the roots of this recruitment crisis, how the current administration plans to address it, and what it could mean for American security in the future.</p>