China takes center stage at Reagan Forum

By Ashley Tressel / December 3, 2018 at 3:33 PM
China's evolving military and surging economy continue to loom large in the minds of U.S. defense policy experts, but President Trump sparked new uncertainty about his administration's posture today by voicing a desire to halt an "uncontrollable arms race" between China, Russia and the United States. John Rood, under secretary of defense for policy, told an audience at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, CA, the United States is "recognizing that we are in a global competition with...

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