Luria: INDOPACOM commander needs to brief Biden on Taiwan

By Audrey Decker / February 7, 2022 at 4:34 PM
Adm. John Aquilino, head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, needs to personally brief President Biden to communicate the urgency of the situation with Taiwan, according to a congressional seapower leader. The U.S. needs to provide strategic clarity about the potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, said Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA), a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s seapower and projection forces subcommittee and a former surface warfare officer. “This is our No. 1 defense issue and I think that the sense...

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