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DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse - Video: .@SECWAR “It is our essential responsibility at the Department to ensure that the President is always negotiating from a position of unquestionable strength in order to sustain peace here in the Pacific and around the globe.
To ensure our military might preserves stability, we will pair it with clarity of intent, which is why we are meeting more frequently with our Chinese counterparts.
By maintaining open lines of military-to-military communication, we can coordinate, deconflict, and reduce the risk of miscalculation. 
This dialogue is not a sign of capitulation in either direction, but a practical guardrail—ensuring the relationship our leaders seek at the top is preserved at every level."
https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2060530087280451683

DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse - Video: .@SECWAR “Make no mistake: America is a Pacific nation, and we insist that China respect our longstanding position in the region—not just insist, but maintain the manifest military strength to underwrite it.
To get the job done, we are changing the playbook.
The era of performative outrage is OVER. The era of Washington issuing loud diplomatic protests that signal virtue but do NOT project strength is over.
Going forward, we will be intentional about how and when we communicate.”
https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2060530890946810139

DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse - Video: .@SECWAR “As the National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy direct, our approach in the Pacific centers on deterrence by denial along the First Island Chain
We are reestablishing the Monroe Doctrine—the Donroe Doctrine, as I like to call it, in the Western Hemisphere—aggressively defending our homeland and our hemisphere.
We will protect our people.”
https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2060531663885803822

DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse - Video: .@SECWAR "This is not a burden America can or should carry alone. A favorable balance of power requires capable allies and partners with real military strength, real industrial capacity, and real political resolve.
For too long, the security of this region has rested disproportionately on American military power while many of our allies and partners allowed their own defense capabilities to atrophy.”
https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2060533107632336946

DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse - Video: @SECWAR “President Trump has been crystal clear about this from day one...
Alliances only work when they are true partnerships. It’s a two-way street. You don’t have a strong alliance unless everyone has skin in the game."
https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2060533345306697829

DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse - Video: .@SECWAR "Alliances are not judged by the number of flags, but by the number of formations.
We don’t need more conferences. We need more combat power...
Less Shangri-La, more ships, more subs."
https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2060533898602549431

DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse - Video: .@SECWAR “For those nations that rise to this challenge, that embrace responsibility as true partners, the benefits will be clear. As our strategy states, we will prioritize working with “model allies” – those nations that are most capable, clear-eyed, and ready to defend their national interests.
For those nations, we are moving them to the front line: Expedited arms sales, deep industrial collaboration, expanded intelligence sharing – the list goes on.
But for those who believe they can continue to free ride on the generosity of the American taxpayer, hear us now:
Those days are over.  Allies who refuse to step up and carry their own weight for our collective defense will face a fundamental shift in how we do business".
https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2060536027480244423
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