05/05/2024
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"I share Senator Hagerty's view that we cannot allow China to establish preconditions for the opportunity to talk to them."
"I agree with Senator Ricketts that we do need to up our game in East Asia and the Pacific."
"I am not convinced that we are nailing down everything that we can there."
"I am concerned that the Administration is sort of hoping this will go away or that a speech of grand principles will suffice."