WASHINGTON -- Congress wants the U.S. military to further strengthen its posture in the Indo-Pacific region to fend off Chinese aggression. That was the message sent when the Senate passed the annual defense spending bill Wednesday, taking a more hawkish stance than the White House's budget request from May.
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