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As Trump Calls for Grid Security, Will Utilities Break With Beijing?

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As Trump Calls for Grid Security, Will Utilities Break With Beijing?
High power electrical towers in Adelanto, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2016. David McNew/AFP via Getty Images
Tommy Waller
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President Donald Trump issued an unprecedented executive order on May 1, taking significant and long-overdue steps to remedy what the order described as “a national emergency with respect to the threat to the United States bulk-power system.”
Tommy Waller
Tommy Waller
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Tommy Waller serves as Director of Infrastructure Protection at the Center for Security Policy. Prior to joining the Center, Waller served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps in the infantry and reconnaissance specialties, with combat service overseas in numerous theaters, and service on both active duty and in the reserves. Waller currently manages the Secure the Grid Coalition—a group of policymakers, defense professionals, and activists working diligently to secure America’s most critical infrastructure—the U.S. electric grid. Learn more at SecureTheGrid.com.
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