US Must Prepare to Defend Against Both Russia and China: Former Defense Official

Gloria Duffy told EpochTV’s ‘Bay Area Innovators’ program that it is ’important for us to be unified as a country' when it comes to defense.

China’s DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles during a military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

Former Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense Gloria Duffy said the United States will soon face a double nuclear threat from Russia and China and needs to be able to deter both countries at the same time.

Duffy spoke on a recent episode of EpochTV’s “Bay Area Innovators” program about the findings of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, in which she served as one of 12 members.