Earlier this year, Secretary of Defense Mattis announced a new defense strategy that would shift the focus for planning defense capabilities from one focusing on smaller regional contingencies to one focusing on being able to deal with near-peer competitors like Russia and China.
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Hirono discusses a shift in defense strategy towards addressing threats from Russia and China.
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