The Senate today passed Indo-Pacific Commander nominee Aquilino’s personnel bill without objection.
The Senate today passed the nominee for Indo-Pacific Commander Aquilino without objection. Aquilino had expressed concern during the Senate nomination hearing that the threat of the Chinese Communist Party annexing Taiwan was “more imminent than many people understand.
The Senate today approved John Aquilino’s nomination without objection. Aquilino will become the new commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Aquilino said during a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing that the military threat to Taiwan is now the most worrisome.
He said at the time that the Chinese Communist Party sees the annexation of Taiwan as a top priority because the revival of the Chinese Communist Party is at stake. From a military perspective, Taiwan’s strategic location is critical, and 2/3 of global trade could be affected as a result. For U.S. allies and partners, the U.S. partnership status could also be threatened.
For Philip Davidson, the current Indo-Pacific commander, who had warned at a Senate hearing that he was concerned that the threat of a Communist attack on Taiwan could happen within the next six years, Aquilino did not respond to the timing.
But Aquilino said the problem is “more imminent than many people understand” and that the U.S. urgently needs to deploy a Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) type of deterrent in the short term. The U.S. needs to deploy the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) in the short term to provide such deterrence.
Aquilino also said in written responses to questions provided at the nomination hearing that the U.S. should continue to maintain forward deployment and credible deterrence forces in the face of increased Chinese military pressure on Taiwan, and continue arms sales to Taiwan to assist in the development of asymmetric systems to ensure Taiwan’s ability to defend itself.
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