Welcome back from the holidays, @DeptofDefense! In 2019, the National Defense Strategy remains our guide. America’s military strength remains our focus. pic.twitter.com/nm5wesx7et— Acting SecDef Pat Shanahan (@DepSecDef) January 2, 2019
Daily Mail/AFP/AP/Reuters: Trump's new Pentagon chief says his priority is 'China, China, China' - after Beijing admiral says he could sink two U.S. aircraft carriers
* Patrick Shanahan started first full day as acting defense secretary by summoning military and civilian leaders to outline his priorities
* Told them his biggest concern was 'China, China, China' and that he was sticking to predecessor Jim Mattis' National Defense Strategy
* It highlights a new era of 'Great Power competition' with Russia and China
* Took office as Chinese admiral was revealed to have said that his country's military were capable of sinking U.S. aircraft carriers in south-east Asian waters
Patrick Shanahan, the acting defense secretary, started his first full day at the Pentagon's helm Wednesday by telling colleagues he sees China as a key priority.
Shanahan, who took the top spot January 1 after Jim Mattis resigned amid disagreements with President Donald Trump, told key Defense Department staff to focus on the National Defense Strategy, a broad review that highlights a new era of 'Great Power competition' with Russia and China.
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WNU Editor: His focus will be on Russia and China. Procurement and keeping costs down. And on the wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
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China, China, China will be a century long focus of the USA. An honest assessment of the confrontation will force the US to rethink the WWII alliance system it set up. European defense and US fighting wars in the Middle East will enable China to take the initiative and constantly keep the US off balance.
So I expect the long awaited US withdrawal from NATO is inevitably to be replaced by a far smaller alliance with just the maritime European states in critical areas such as north Atlantic and the Med.
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