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Subcommittee hearing spotlights China, Russia and gaps in U.S. deterrence and supply chains
Summary
Witnesses told the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs that competition with China and Russia, depleted munitions, and fragile defense supply chains threaten U.S. deterrence and require reforms in foreign military sales and industrial capacity.
Chairman Timmons opened the Subcommittee on Military and Foreign Affairs hearing by saying the United States faces “strategic drift” and weakening global deterrence after recent policy choices.
At the top of the hearing, retired U.S. Navy Capt. Brent Sadler, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told lawmakers the U.S. strategic posture “is shooting behind the duck, to use a Southerner's term here,” and warned that China and Russia have increased capabilities while U.S. capacity and readiness have lagged. “We have to do all three of those things” — readiness, capacity and new capabilities — he said.
Why it matters: witnesses said allies and partners, particularly in the Indo-Pacific, are watching U.S. commitments closely.…
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