The ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee is imploring the president to meet with key lawmakers to discuss future defense investments in light of China's recent military buildup and its refusal to allow U.S. ships to port In Hong Kong. China's decision to block the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) aircraft carrier strike group and two Navy minesweepers from stopping in Hong Kong is a sign of a "more confrontational relationship," wrote Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) in a recent…
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