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HASC Chair Concerned About ‘Diversity’ Of Threats

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

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HASC Chair Concerned About ‘Diversity’ Of Threats

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) said July 7 that the United States needs to be prepared to counter an increasing “diversity” of threats to its national security.The United States has been battling terrorist groups in multiple foreign countries for 15 years, but that threat “has not gone away,” said Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), who spoke at a Heritage Foundation event in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, other potential adversaries, such as China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, have been…

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