SASC Leaders Introduce New Pacific Deterrence Initiative to Bolster Counter-China Efforts

摘要

The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) announced May 28 their plan to establish a new initiative meant to help the Pentagon better prioritize the Indo- Pacific region in its budgeting and planning processes. SASC Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-R.I.) will introduce the Pacific Deterrence Initiative in the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the two lawmakers wrote in a Thursday article for War on the Rocks. “The Pacific Deterrence Initiative will enhance budgetary transparency and oversight, and focus resources on key military capabilities to deter China,” the leader said. “The initiative will also reassure U.S. allies and partners, and send a strong signal to the Chinese Communist Party that the American people are committed to defending U.S. interests in the Indo-Pacific.”