Saturday, January 20, 2018

Pentagon shifts away from terrorism threats, sets sights on Russia, China in new defense strategy - Washington Times

Pentagon shifts away from terrorism threats, sets sights on Russia, China in new defense strategy - Washington Times:

Image result for flickr commons images Defense Secretary James Mattis"Defense Department and national security officials within the Trump administration outlined this doctrinal shift in its new National Security Strategy (NDS), released Friday. Defense Secretary James Mattis made the case for the administration’s divergence from extremist terror threats to those posed by global powers during a speech Friday in Washington.
“We face growing threats from revisionist powers as different as China and Russia. Nations that seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models,” Mr. Mattis said during his speech at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies."

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