The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee say they plan to include a new initiative in their version of the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization bill that would deter Chinese military action in the Indo-Pacific region. "With the stakes so high, the time for action is now," Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) write in a new op-ed published by War on the Rocks . The op-ed comes as tensions...