If it is used to suggest that we can rely on nonmilitary tools, specifically sanctions, or hashtag diplomacy in order to deter, uncoupled from a credible military threat, then we will have further deterrence failures.
Gallagher emphasizes the need for military strength to deter aggressors like Putin and Xi.
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It's clear President Biden does not have a plan to protect the American people--not against crime in our major cities, not at the southern border, and not against the threat of China.
Congressman Gallagher, chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, said that he felt that ports were doing what they needed to do to mitigate potential risk only in the short term.
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