06/12/2023
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"The past 5-to-10 years have brought with them unprecedented challenges in North and South America, including natural disasters, political upheaval, border and migration crises, and a pandemic."
"The majority of Chinese enticements to these small, vulnerable countries have come in the form of significant financial aid and investment in exchange for severing ties with Taiwan."
"Were China to gain full capability or significant capability with respect to hypersonic weapons, that would have a strategic-level impact on us."
"Well, I guess we are going to have to figure that one out, because there are some people who are presenting this as a transformational risk."