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House Armed Services hearing warns of converging threats, urges more spending and faster acquisition
Summary
Witnesses told the House Armed Services Committee that China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are aligning in ways that raise the risk of multi‑theater war; they urged higher defense spending, faster acquisition and stronger alliances while stressing the need to fix Pentagon business practices.
The House Armed Services Committee convened a wide‑ranging hearing on the "convergent global threat environment," where lawmakers heard testimony that China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are cooperating in ways that increase the risk of conflict, and that the United States must both spend more and spend smarter to deter those threats.
Chairman Rogers opened the hearing by saying the nation faces “the most challenging threat environment since World War 2,” citing China’s military investments, Russia’s reconstitution and North Korea’s nuclear advances. He invited the committee to consider both higher spending and reforms to speed delivery to warfighters.
General Jack Keane, chairman of the…
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