Did anyone catch the press conference with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Milley? It was mostly about Ukraine but did deter into China and Taiwan.
I cheered when Milley said this:
"Right now, the United States military is -- without question, despite whatever criticisms people have,
the United States military is the most lethal warfighting machine on Earth, bar none. The United States military is number one and we intend to stay number one.
And our task -- militaries only have two tasks. We have a single purpose, really, which is to -- either to prepare for war or to fight a war, and we are laser-focused on that. And we intend to stay number one.
China is not going to be a better military than the United States military is but they're going to try but they're not going to get there. We will be number one five years from now, 10 years from now, and 50 years from now. We are not going to let China take number one."
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Army Gen. Mark A. Milley brief the news media following a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. The group
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Full transcript:
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley held a press conference following the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group meeting.
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