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Powerful GOP senator eyes ships, jets, nukes in defense spending surge
Sen. Wicker's plan lays out an additional $55 billion above FY25 defense spending caps.
China condemns USS Halsey’s passage through Taiwan Strait
The destroyer passed through the waterway between mainland China and Taiwan on Wednesday, less than two weeks before Taiwan's new president takes office.
US, Philippine forces stage combat drills near strategic Bashi Channel
U.S. Marines and their Filipino counterparts have staged joint combat drills near southern Taiwan, a flashpoint in the Washington-Beijing military rivalry.
Opinion
With Chinese warships anchoring in Cambodia, the US needs to respond
It’s past time for Washington to jettison its ad hoc, absent-minded approach toward Beijing’s basing pursuits, opinion writers argue.
By Rep. Rob Wittman and Craig Singleton