Mr. Chris Meagher, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Holds a Press Briefing

ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PA) CHRIS MEAGHER: All right, thanks, Roger. Thanks, everybody, for joining us here this afternoon. I'll get to the disclosure in a minute, but at the top, just wanted to say that we are closely monitoring Beijing's actions. As we have said, there's no reason for Beijing to turn the Tsai transit, which was consistent with long-standing U.S. policy, into something it is not or use it as a pretext to overreact. While we will continue to maintain open channels of communication with the PRC, the PRC continues to decline requests for engagement with the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lines between our militaries are parti...