00:01We've encouraged Taiwan to buy arms from us, and all of a sudden there's a pause.
00:09What are you hearing from the Taiwanese about the pause?
00:17Chairman, I have not spoken to the Taiwanese.
00:20However, we have done some foreign military sales to them.
00:24It's just right now we're doing a pause in order to make sure we have the munitions we need for
00:31Epic Fury, which we have plenty.
00:33But we're just making sure we have everything.
00:35But then the foreign military sales will continue when the administration deems necessary, sir.
00:43Put it another way, do you expect the sale to be approved at some point?
00:49Senator, that would be up to the Secretary of War and the Secretary of State, sir.
00:53Yeah, well, that's what's really distressing.
00:59Belatedly, the administration seems to be mad at the Europeans for not engaging in the Middle East.
01:07But as a practical matter, without basing and sustainment from NATO allies, we wouldn't be able to project power in
01:17the Middle East.
01:18So, what role should NATO play out in the Indo-Pacific?
01:26Well, Chairman, first of all, NATO playing a role.
01:29I would love to see NATO doing some demining in the Straits also.
01:34I mean, this is a mutually beneficial for all the world if we can clear the Straits right now and
01:40really provide security.
01:42And NATO, again, would be a great ally to us in the Pacific just to maintain the sea lanes of
01:49communication.
01:49We, the United States, are a maritime nation.
01:52We depend on the Pacific and the Atlantic for free trade, and the world does also.
01:56And so, this is why we need to all work together to protect the sea lanes and communications for the
02:01world, sir.
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