The North's unrelenting pursuit of nuclear weapons, the means to deliver them, and its unmitigated aggression toward South Korea and America...
I think sometimes those of us on this side of the dais understand some realities, but we do not explain them that well.
No country can shape in a positive way the future of the region in isolation.
Today, more than ever, alliances are critical to our national security. Alliances and allies matter.
Our biggest weakness is our political division, is our inability to show that confidence, that bipartisan strength.
The significantly improved bilateral and trilateral relationships that are playing out now are the benefit of that outreach.
We need to level with the American people about just how much trouble we are in.
This is pure evil, and it baffles me that there are those who seek to justify Hamas' actions.
They recognize that Americans have wearied of bearing so much of the burden of being that guarantor of the free and open global system.
The circumstances are pretty dire, and I really do not think the majority of Americans recognize the urgency of the situation.
We must never allow the PRC to dictate America's Taiwan policy.
AUKUS is a game changer.
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.
The stakes are too high to embark on any other course.
Though I would use the term 'adversary' rather than 'competitor', this strategy recognizes that the PRC is the only competitor with both the...
I'm a big fan and booster of the Quad.
I think Secretary Blinken and President Biden and Senators Cardin and Risch through ratifying COFA, through spending time with Pacific Islan...
I think the U.S. strategy has been to just push that back a day at a time, a year at a time.
