02/06/2023
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"This defense industry consolidation, this lack of competition, it's leaving us, I fear, ill-prepared and harming our national security and readiness."
"So, for me, strategic clarity means that we are clear as a nation that we would defend Taiwan if China attacks Taiwan to forcibly reunite with them."
"And the third constituency is the American people, because it is your sons and daughters that are going to do the fighting and dying if we defend Taiwan against an attack by China."
"I think Washington is waking up more and more to these costs."