We take you live to capitol hill now where Navy Admiral Craig Faller will testify on the National Defense strategy, testifying before that the Armed Services subcommittee chaired my joann joni ernst. Welcome to the admiral. Thank you very much for being her, sir. Todays hearing is a continuation of the committees efforts. This is an important component to our efforts to ensure our military is appropriately resorr resourced, equipped and postured to defend the nation against a growing away of threats. In europe and across the indo pacific region. U. S. National security interests not just within their geographic boundaries but elsewhere around the world. China is taking a long term approach oftentimes with the goal of undermining the United States. The situation in the western hemisphere is no different. Admiral faller you highlighted in testimony earlier this year that china has accelerated expansion of its belt and Road Initiative in the western hemisphere at a pace that may one day o
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U.S. Military Refuses to Call Border Situation Crisis, Raises Terrorism Concerns
On 3/17/21 at 7:16 AM EDT
Military commanders have refused to weigh in on whether the current situation at the U.S. southern border constitutes a crisis, instead focusing on the dire domestic conditions in Central American nations that are driving migration waves northwards.
The commanders of the U.S. Northern Command and Southern Command told reporters at a joint briefing on Tuesday that the military is continuing to support President Joe Biden s efforts to bring a surge in migration under control, and raised concerns about terrorist and gang organizations using the chaos to infiltrate the country.
U.S. Military Says China and Russia May Be Collaborating South of U.S. Border
On 3/17/21 at 1:34 PM EDT
The head of the U.S. military command dedicated to operations south of the U.S. border in Central America, South America and the Caribbean has warned that it appears China and Russia are working together against Washington s interests across the region.
U.S. Southern Command chief Navy Admiral Craig Faller listed China, along with transnational criminal organizations, as the two biggest threats his forces face in the SOUTHCOM area of operations during a press conference Tuesday.
Echoing earlier remarks by his counterpart in charge of the Indo-Pacific Command, Faller said that China is the greatest long-term strategic threat to the security in the 21st century, the Chinese Communist Party s insidious, and corrosive and corrupt influences at work globally and in this region.
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