Randy Forbes: “We cannot afford to allow a budget target to be the sole governing basis in our decisions today, or we will bear an…”

This country, this committee, this Congress needs to move back to strategic thinking where we have a comprehensive strategic plan.

The threats to freedom of navigation that emanate from the South China Sea and reverberate globally are a great enough threat to the United States.

I also see an opportunity for a new administration to take a new and stronger stance on the South China Sea.

I am concerned that China's president and the Chinese Government may see President Obama's last few months as a window of opportunity for establishing an air defense identification zone [ADIZ], expanding reclamation activities to…