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China is moving toward larger and more

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sophisticated exercises , generally

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oriented on an invasion or blockade of

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Taiwan . They are prep prepared wartime

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stocks and they practiced nationwide

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mobilization . I am not saying war in

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the Pacific is imminent or inevitable .

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It is not , but I am saying that the

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likelihood is increasing and we will

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continue to do so . China is building a

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military with a purpose to seize Taiwan

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and defeat the United States and its

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partners if we intervene , Xi Jinping

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has told his military to be ready by

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2027 . We don't know his intent but

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there is no question that China is

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preparing for conflict with the United

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States to prevent conflict . We must be

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ready to prevail in conflict , we must

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be ready .