I believe America's security and economic prosperity are inextricably linked to this network of alliances and partnerships.
There are very few bipartisan issues in Washington these days, but our national concern about the PRC is one of them.
We should be less concerned about provoking China than we should be concerned about bolstering our friends, allies, and partners in the regi...
This has to be probably one of the most careful analyses done every day in the Pentagon and elsewhere in our security establishment.
America's alliance with Japan stands as the cornerstone of prosperity, security, and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that's not innocent.
Our biggest weakness is our political division, is our inability to show that confidence, that bipartisan strength.
They lack confidence that we will be the trusted and reliable security partner they have counted on us to be for decades.
No country can shape in a positive way the future of the region in isolation.
I think it is important that we keep that in mind.
The stakes are too high to embark on any other course.
Japan's remarkable commitment to dramatically increase its defense spending to historic levels is both welcome and critical to our Alliance.
Today, more than ever, alliances are critical to our national security. Alliances and allies matter.
It is frustrating to us that we have not been able to be more effective in communicating to our constituents the urgency of these issues.
They need our tangible support . . . not our best wishes.
I've called for ending the almost 44-year U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity in favor of strategic clarity.
I think the U.S. strategy has been to just push that back a day at a time, a year at a time.
necessary for Congress to step up and legislate strong standards for equity, bias, risk management, and consumer protection.
