be able to deal with whatever threat china represents. and there are more step as well. there s also this new u.s. base in guam and increased military cooperation with japan. how do you expect china to react to all the u.s. activity in the region? well, there s no question they ll be nervous. we ve not only improved our positioning in guam, we re in the process of improving our position in japan as well, in okinawa. and in addition to that obviously this announcement that we re going to have access to additional bases in the philippines represents a very important step for the united states. but also it gives the united states some additional capability with regards to having to defend taiwan if necessary or the south china area in some way.
very important for the united states to be taking whatever steps are necessary in order to be able to deal with whatever threat china represents. and there are more steps as well. there s also this new u.s. base in guam, increased military cooperation with to japan. how do you expect for china to react to all the activity in the region? there s no question they ll be nervous. we have not only improved our position in guam, we are in the process of improving our position in japan as well, in okinawa. and in addition to that, obviously, this announcement that we are going to have access to additional bases in the philippines represents a very important step for the united states. but also it gives the united states some additional capability with regards to having to defend taiwan, if necessary, or the south china area in some way.
2024 to be in charge. they can t make it investigations. that sounds like a recipe for gridlock for the next two years. well, i m a little bit more optimistic than that. remember, we had a couple bills last year, one on guns between cornyn and murphy, a bill on infrastructure. we had a freshman senator, a republican from indiana, todd young, and a senior democrat from virginia, mark warner, let s do something about semiconductors, the threat that china represents. these happened without the president s involvement. i think there are a lot more members of congress who want to do that kind of thing, that is to say actually legislate. it would be great if something got done in the next two areas. no question, we have a lot to keep track of over that period of time. thanks for joining us. have a great weekend. you too. sandra, another big friday. sandra: another big week, rolling into the holiday week,
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