Happening now: "Nations fight wars...we fight in a combined environment w/our allies" @thejointstaff's Gen Mark Milley tells the Sea-Air-Space Global Maritime Exposition in Washington Image
"We are dependent, absolutely dependent...on a free & open ocean" per @thejointstaff's Gen Mark Milley
"The Navy that we have today is the best in the world & we want to keep it that way" per @thejointstaff's Gen Mark Milley

@USNavy's future depend on "decisions that are being made now" at the Pentagon, he adds
"The current int'l order is under intense & growing stress" warns @thejointstaff's Gen Mark Milley

Points to terrorists, #cyber actors, & competition from China

"#China will be a major agent of change... of that there is little doubt"
"We can see a fundamental change in the character of war is underway" per @thejointstaff's Gen Mark Milley

"Failure to recognize, adapt, capitalize...produces devastating consequences" he says "Today there are a whole set of technologies that are driving" the change

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4 Aug
Happening now: Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on #China

"A number of potential witnesses declined to participate in an open format for fear of retribution to them or their families" per Chairman @MarkWarner
"The long arm of #China is not some futuristic threat. It's already here" per Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair @marcorubio
"#China already, already has tremendous influence & control over what Americans are allowed to hear or say" per @marcorubio
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4 Aug
Happening now: @INDOPACOM Commander, Adm. John Aquilino speaking to #AspenSecurity Image
"I do not have a crystal ball" on #China, @INDOPACOM's Adm. John Aquilino tells #AspenSecurity

"I have a sense of urgency...we have to be in a position to make sure that the status quo remains as it applies to #Taiwan"
"We certainly view w/concern many of the actions that we've seen from #Beijing" per @INDOPACOM's Adm Aquilino

#China's action in #HongKong "completely disconnected from the words from #Beijing to adhere to the agreement that was in place" he says, adding same w/#India border
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4 Aug
"Some of the leading threats to the American way of life are #cyber enabled - from espionage to influence to attack" Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber Anne Neuberger tells #AspenSecurity
Sanctions vs #Russia but not #China for malign #cyber behavior?

"#SolarWinds was not the 1st case of aggressive Russian cyber activity in int'l space" per @WHNSC's Neuberger
"In the case of #China, there's still that building of consensus around malicious cyber activity, around the need to call it out together" w/allies, per @WHNSC's Neuberger, adding that it "doesn't preclude follow-on activity"

#cyber
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3 Aug
Happening now: briefing with @PentagonPresSec &
Pentagon Police Chief Woodrow Kusse

Addressing the shooting at the Pentagon by the Metro Bus Platform Image
Chief Kusse says Pentagon /Pentagon reservation "safe & secure"

Says the suspect attacked a Pentagon police officer...
"It's an active, ongoing investigation" per Chief Kusse

"Right now, it's premature" to comment on status of officer who was attacked or on the status of the suspect Image
Read 17 tweets
3 Aug
"Overall, the #AbrahamAccords have worked positively to spur engagement in the rgeion" #SaudiArabia Foreign Minister @FaisalbinFarhan tells #AspenSecurity
"We've always said peace is the strategic choice of the Arabs..." per #SaudiArabia's @FaisalbinFarhan "What we have to do is focus on working towards a comprehensive solution to the #Palestinian issue"
"We already have an emboldened #Iran" per #SaudiArabia FM @FaisalbinFarhan when asked about US-#Tehran talks on getting back to the #JCPOA "Iran is extremely active in the region w/its negative activity"
Read 7 tweets
3 Aug
Happening now: @US4AfghanPeace speaks with #AspenSecurity

On Monday, he told @VOANews' @AyazGul64 "The [Afghan] government cannot get rid of the #Taliban" & "the Taliban cannot conquer Afghanistan & have a gvt & that has the support of the overwhelming majority of the Afghans" Image
"The situation is very concerning" @US4AfghanPeace tells #AspenSecurity

"The Talibs [#Taliban] have been emboldened by the development of recent weeks in terms of the gains they have made & are in a maximalist frame of mind"
.@US4AfghanPeace says US assessment is that neither side can achieve a military solution

"There is no alternative, ultimately, to a political settlement"
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