{"id":27331,"date":"2016-01-29T16:17:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T22:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=27331"},"modified":"2016-01-29T16:25:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T22:25:40","slug":"bush-talks-national-security-gridlock-at-iowa-ranch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/bush-talks-national-security-gridlock-at-iowa-ranch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush talks national security, gridlock at Iowa ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Max Greenwood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\"><strong>CARROLL, Iowa &#8212;<\/strong> Jeb Bush talked national security and bridging the partisan divide in government Friday, blaming President Barack Obama for deepening gridlock and misusing executive authority.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a small banquet hall at Greasewood Flats Ranch here, the Republican former Florida governor painted a picture of the U.S. military as a rapidly-aging fighting force in desperate need of modernization. He said he would \u201crebuild the military,\u201d a phrase that has become a\u00a0 talking point among GOP presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur friends no longer believe we have their back, and our enemies no longer fear us,\u201d Bush said. \u201cAnd we now are in a world that is far more dangerous than the day that Barack Obama was inaugurated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When one rally-goer asked Bush how he would deal with Muslim refugees from the Middle East, Bush said he would support a freeze on allowing refugees to enter the U.S. until the FBI could more thoroughly vet them. But he dismissed Donald Trump\u2019s position that all foreign Muslims should be barred from entering the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you send a signal that you\u2019re going to ban all Muslims, you\u2019re sending a signal that the United States is retreating in the world,\u201d Bush said. \u201cIt\u2019s not Muslims that\u2019s the problem. It\u2019s radical Islamic jihadists that are the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He blamed Obama for promoting gridlock on Capitol Hill, and criticized the president\u2019s use of executive orders, calling it \u201cauthority he doesn\u2019t have.\u201d Bush said Obama\u2019s strategy hinges on making the opposition look bad, and that his tactics worsened the partisan divide in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s solutions to every one of these problems, but you have to start with the premise that you\u2019re not the end-all-be-all, you\u2019re not the big dog on the stage,\u201d Bush said. \u201cYou have to have a servant\u2019s heart to be able to forge consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks to a crowd of supporters at Greasewood Flats Ranch in Carroll, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. 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