00:00The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has included a new weapons stockpile for Taiwan in a bill for 2027
00:06defense allotments.
00:08The bill's Indo-Pacific provisions require procedural reviews that aim to fix delays in arms deliveries.
00:14The bill also expands the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative to include the Philippines and has renamed it the First Island
00:21Chain Security Cooperation Initiative.
00:23It comes after the U.S. House Appropriations Committee released its own defense bill that includes two billion U.S.
00:29dollars to boost Taiwan's defenses.
00:31Both bills must pass the House and Senate before being signed into law by the president.
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