Smith calls for new National Defense Strategy if Biden wins

By Tony Bertuca / October 29, 2020 at 3:47 PM
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) said today the current National Defense Strategy places too much emphasis on militarily dominating China and Russia and called on Democrats to rewrite it if former Vice President Joe Biden wins the presidential election. "I am worried the National Defense Strategy is really a recipe for a very dangerous and unnecessary Cold War," he said. "I think there is a substantial reason to reexamine that and rethink about how we want to...

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