00:00clear any attempt by communist china to conquer taiwan by force would result in devastating
00:06consequences for the indo-pacific and the world there's no reason to sugarcoat it the threat
00:12china poses is real and it could be eminent we hope not president trump has also said that
00:18communist china will not invade taiwan on his watch so our goal is to prevent war to make the
00:26cost too high and peace the only option and we will do this with a strong shield of deterrence
00:35forged together with you america's great allies and defense partners together we will show what it
00:45means to execute peace through strength in many ways seen and unseen overt and covert
00:56but if deterrence fails and if called upon by my commander-in-chief we are prepared to do what
01:04the department of defense does best to fight and win decisively so before we get to those hard truths
01:11and to make sure to our friends in the press our words are not misconstrued as they so often are
01:17let me get begin by saying we do not seek conflict with communist china we will not instigate nor seek
01:27seek to subjugate or humiliate president trump and the american people have an immense respect
01:35for the chinese people and their civilization
01:38but we will not be pushed out of this critical region and we will not let our allies and partners
01:45be subordinated and intimidated china seeks to become a hegemonic power in asia no doubt
01:52it hopes to dominate and control too many parts of this vibrant and vital region
01:58through its massive military buildup and growing willingness to use military force to achieve its
02:04goals including gray zone tactics and hybrid warfare china has demonstrated that it wants to
02:11fundamentally alter the region's status quo we cannot look away and we cannot ignore it
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