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Senator presses secretary on law requiring classified China strategy and public summary

Senate committee hearing · May 21, 2024
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An unnamed senator pressed an unnamed secretary to confirm whether the administration met a law’s deadline to submit a classified China strategy and an unclassified public summary, citing specific Chinese tactics and urging tactical, country-by-country detail; the secretary pledged to follow up and ensure classified briefings for members.

An unnamed senator pressed an unnamed secretary on whether the administration had complied with a law that required the executive branch to deliver a classified strategy on China and an unclassified public summary by “last July,” citing a list of tactics the senator said China uses to expand influence.

The senator said he supported the secretary’s devotion to American interests but said China’s trajectory had been a disappointment since the end of the Cold War. He told the secretary he wanted concrete tactical steps — “country by country, industry by industry, port by port, spyware by spyware” — not just broad goals, arguing that tactical specificity is necessary for a strategy that…

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