Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities Dr. Mara Karlin Testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Modernizing U.S. Army Exports and a Stronger AUKUS

MCCAUL: Committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss the challenges our allies in US industry face with our arms exports processes and how those challenges can be bridged to ensure America remains the partner of choice. And the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States is successful. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. From its increasingly aggressive posture in the waters surrounding Taiwan to Chairman Xi's stated goal to unify with Taiwan, the malign actions of the Chinese Communist Party pose a clear and present danger. I've seen China's tactics firsthand. I recently led a congres...