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The threat posed by China looms over many of the foreign policy moves by the Trump administration,

including trade deals and arms sales to U.S. allies in the Asian Pacific.

In this episode, we sit down with retired rear admiral Mark Montgomery to discuss what

steps the U.S. must take now to keep communist China in check.

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Joining us now to discuss U.S. defense policy as it relates to China is retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery.

He's with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and he's also recently traveled to Taiwan to meet with its political and military leadership.

Rear Admiral, thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you for having me.

Now, we've seen reports that China is limiting the supply of critical minerals to Western defense companies.

What do you know about these restrictions and what do they mean to the u.s military well these are

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