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Romney urges classified State Department China strategy; deputy says work is underway
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Sen. Mitt Romney said an NDAA amendment requires a comprehensive China strategy and urged the State Department to assemble an outside advisory panel and keep the strategy classified; a deputy secretary said the department is already working to integrate tactical efforts and consult experts.
Senator Mitt Romney urged the State Department on Monday to produce a classified, comprehensive strategy to address an "emerging China," saying last year’s amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act requires the department to do so and that the statutory 60-day update requested by lawmakers has passed.
"It is essential in my view that we develop that kind of strategy and that it's kept in a classified setting," Romney said, listing areas the plan should cover — from trade and research-and-development investments to military procurement, university access, visas, social media strategy,…
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