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Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby Profile picture
@USDPColby
Aug 15 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
It’s common sense that all allies, especially in Asia, need to pull their weight. That’s how we get peace through strength and sustainable collective defense. Fortunately, many of our allies, led by Europe, get it: The route to sustained peace is everybody doing their part. 1/
Minister Collins gets it: “Everyone's been pretty slack and the Americans have been carrying us. While we’ve been going ahead and building our welfare states and making sure we have free health care and education and everything else, their people have actually had to fund a lot of the defence of the democratic world.” 2/
“[Collins] said it was an ‘absolute reminder’ to Australia and New Zealand of how close China is and the rising strategic competition in the region…‘We are countries with enormous resources and actually not that much in terms of defence compared to what other nations might have.’” 3/3
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Counselor Mike Needham gave an important speech at last week’s Reindustrialize conference. Under President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s leadership, we at DOD are laser-focused on restoring America’s defense industrial base to its prior strength. This task is vital to the continued security, prosperity, and freedom of our great nation. 1/
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An important, clear-eyed strategic assessment from our close ally Japan.

“The international community is now facing its greatest trial since the end of World War II. The existing order of world peace is being seriously challenged, and Japan finds itself in the most severe and complex security environment of the post-war era.” 1/
mod.go.jp/en/publ/w_pape…
We at DOD stand ready to work closely with Tokyo to adjust to this new era and to follow President Trump’s guidance to make our alliances stronger, more equitable, and thus sustainable.

“The international community is facing its greatest trial since World War II and entering a new era of crisis. The global balance of power is shifting dramatically and competition among states continues.” 2/
“Countries are striving to develop innovative technologies that can become so-called game changers. The traditional military structure is undergoing fundamental changes, as are warfare tactics and strategies.” 3/
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Jul 10
A very important, compelling piece from @MarcoRubio on the Trump Administration’s approach to NATO and our alliances. 1/
“President Trump’s decade-long calls for NATO allies to contribute more to shared security have recently been answered with a historic commitment among allies to spend a once-unthinkable 5% of GDP on defense − a number reflecting both fairness and strategic wisdom.” 2/
“Even before he was first elected in 2016, President Trump rightly lamented how the United States bore a disproportionate amount of responsibility for security in Europe.” 3/
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Jul 10
A very important, compelling piece from @MarcoRubio on the Trump Administration’s approach to NATO and our alliances. 1/

usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
“President Trump’s decade-long calls for NATO allies to contribute more to shared security have recently been answered with a historic commitment among allies to spend a once-unthinkable 5% of GDP on defense − a number reflecting both fairness and strategic wisdom.” 2/
“Even before he was first elected in 2016, President Trump rightly lamented how the United States bore a disproportionate amount of responsibility for security in Europe.” 3/
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Jul 1
I am proud to share @realDonaldTrump’s nomination of three outstanding candidates to join @SecDef’s team at the @DeptofDefense: Alex Velez-Green, John Noh, and Austin Dahmer. They are among our nation’s most thoughtful and realistic defense thinkers and leaders. They are also fully committed to President Trump’s vision of America First and Peace Through Strength – and they have already delivered superb results to advance it. 1/
Alex Velez-Green is @realDonaldTrump’s nominee for Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. As Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy – and previously, in his role Performing the Duties of USD(P) – he has led efforts to strengthen U.S. homeland defenses, deter China, and increase allied burden-sharing. If confirmed, he will play an even more vital role as we work to advance @SecDef’s policy priorities and realize President Trump’s vision for America First and Peace Through Strength. 2/

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John Noh is @realDonaldTrump’s nominee to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs. John’s service on the House Select Committee on China and as an Army officer have prepared him very well for this role. With his depth of expertise, clear-eyed vision for the region, and demonstrated ability to drive results alongside our allies and partners, John has already been doing superb work on the Asia Policy team. If confirmed, he will play an essential part as DOD works to achieve the President's Peace through Strength in Asia, the priority theater. 3/

congress.gov/nomination/119…
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Jun 11
.@SecDef’s Shangri-La Dialogue speech highlighted the Department of Defense’s commonsense approach in the Indo-Pacific to achieve President Trump’s Peace Through Strength and America First agenda. 1/
The United States is an Indo-Pacific nation. The prosperity and security of the American people are vitally linked with those of our allies and partners in the region. That is why the DoD is so focused on reestablishing deterrence in our priority theater. 2/
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