Elbridge Colby, President Donald Trump’s pick to serve as under-secretary of defense for policy, faced extensive questions about the United States’ role in various foreign conflicts and theaters on March 4, as senators took up his nomination.
Colby, who has served in a variety of foreign policy and national security advisory roles both in and out of government over the past two decades, has argued for better prioritization in the U.S. national security strategy, including shifting focus away from Europe and the Middle East and toward rising strategic competition with communist China.
