The meeting took place amid rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait after China staged large-scale exercises in the sea and air spaces near democratic Taiwan.
‘The best way to avoid further conflict is to be ready. Today’s security challenges demand a generational investment to revitalize our armed forces,’ he wrote.
The lawmakers said the advocacy group is promoting the interests of Chinese drone maker DJI and should be registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Senators question if $20 billion, part of $75 billion annual modernization plan, is too much, too little, too Cold War-centric as strategic policy debate looms.
Lawmakers will also look at how Microsoft ‘plans to strengthen security measures’ following a 2023 cyber intrusion by ’threat actors’ affiliated with China.