{"id":27362,"date":"2019-03-14T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/14\/in-testimony-shanahan-underlines-its-china-china-china\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:15:37","slug":"in-testimony-shanahan-underlines-its-china-china-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2019\/03\/14\/in-testimony-shanahan-underlines-its-china-china-china\/","title":{"rendered":"In testimony, Shanahan underlines it\u2019s \u2018China, China, China\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Amid political fights about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/federal-budget\/2019\/03\/06\/house-dems-threaten-to-block-pentagons-money-moving-authority-in-border-wall-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\">defense funding for the southern border<\/a>, restrictions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/03\/13\/new-pentagon-transgender-policy-sets-limits-for-treatment-new-recruits-after-april-12\/\" target=\"_blank\">transgender individuals<\/a> in the military and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/03\/13\/us-senate-passes-yemen-resolution-54-46\/\" target=\"_blank\">bipartisan rebuke<\/a> of the Trump administration\u2019s support for conflict in Yemen, acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan will attempt to keep the focus on the growing threat from China during a budget hearing Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In remarks submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Shanahan argues for what he calls \u201cmy vision of the future,\u201d one defined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/federal-budget\/2019\/03\/13\/missile-defense-review-ambitions-not-reflected-in-mdas-94b-fy20-budget\/\" target=_blank>investments in high-end capabilities<\/a> that can ensure overmatch over everyone in the world, but particularly Beijing, which he describes as a whole-of-government threat to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shanahan, who will appear with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joe Dunford and Comptroller David Norquist, also remains steadfast in supporting the National Defense Strategy, a document he helped craft under then-Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, saying the implementation of the document is \u201cour most critical mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/commentary\/2019\/03\/14\/pat-shanahans-budget-hearing-could-make-or-break-any-secretary-of-defense-aspirations\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Shanahan_Trump_2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pat Shanahan\u2019s budget hearing could make or break any secretary of defense aspirations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon budget hearing in the Senate has higher stakes than normal for the acting secretary of defense.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In order to execute the NDS, Shanahan writes, the Congress needs to support the administration\u2019s $750 billion national security budget request, which included $164 billion in Overseas Contingency Operation funding for the Pentagon \u2014 a move members of Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2019\/03\/11\/heres-trump-fy20-budget-its-about-to-get-shredded\/\" target=_blank>have already said is a no-go<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery line of our FY2020 request is designed to implement our strategy. Therefore, every dollar of it \u2014 both in baseline funding and overseas contingency operations \u2014 is critical,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/federal-budget\/\" target=_blank><b>For in-depth coverage of the Pentagon\u2019s FY20 budget request, click here.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly four of the 20 pages of written testimony discuss China; two and a half deal with Russia; two combined pages on North Korea, Iran and terrorism; and a paragraph each on Venezuela and the southern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latter could perhaps be the most contentious issue likely to pop up during the hearing. Shanahan will point to his visit to the El Paso area to assess the security situation and DoD\u2019s role in supporting Department of Homeland Security partners. In his opening statement, Shanahan will say that \u201cMilitary construction on the border will not come at the expense of our people, our readiness, or our modernization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Partly, those focus areas are because of the nature of the hearing, which is to encourage members to support the recently submitted Pentagon budget request. Naturally, new capabilities and the necessity to fund them takes up much of his commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the topic breakdown in written testimony also hints at where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/12\/21\/with-mattis-out-is-shanahan-poised-to-rewire-the-pentagon\/\" target=_blank>Shanahan feels his strengths and interests lie<\/a>, according to an administration official familiar with his thinking, who said \u201cThat\u2019s his personality. He\u2019s not a politician. He came here to modernize the Department of Defense. That\u2019s what he wants to focus on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a big difference between the political, congressional conversation, and what most of the Department of Defense does on a daily basis,\u201d the official said. \u201cBottom line, we\u2019re making the shift regardless of what\u2019s on the front of CNN or whatever on a daily basis. Yes, it takes some time away in terms of border and other things, but Shanahan is really focused on China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a constant repetition every day, every week, using all the different tools at our disposal, and constantly saying \u2019remember China, remember the NDS. Remember China, remember the NDS.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/federal-budget\/2019\/03\/12\/heres-the-breakdown-of-the-pentagons-budget-request\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/47115533042_fc642452fa_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Here\u2019s the breakdown of the Pentagon\u2019s budget request<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon is prepared to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in FY20.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shanahan \u2014 whose message to staff on his first day as acting secretary was \u201cChina, China, China\u201d \u2014 warns of China\u2019s growing nuclear capabilities, its interest in space-based systems, and its investments in the military over the last decade. He has a special section calling out technology theft, warning that \u201cevery Chinese company is at risk of being either a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/2019\/03\/06\/top-us-general-in-europe-wants-to-keep-china-out-of-5g-networks\/\" target=_blank>witting or unwitting accomplice<\/a> to China\u2019s state sponsored theft of other nations military and civilian technology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that section, the former Boeing executive also calls out U.S. firms that \u201chave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/01\/28\/cultural-divide-can-the-pentagon-crack-silicon-valley\/\" target=_blank>voiced ethical qualms<\/a> about working with DoD to develop advanced technology, in some cases even terminating relationships \u2014 often while continuing to work with China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Russia, the acting secretary highlights that Moscow is expected to have a new hypersonic weapon enter its service this year, stating that Russian president Vladimir Putin is \u201cplaying a weak strategic hand well.\u201d He also hints towards U.S. military efforts to secure the ballot box, citing \u201cour recent successful efforts to stymie Russian disruption of our midterm elections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while following the White House line that NATO members need to increase their contributions to defense, Shanahan \u2014 who visited NATO last month as part of his first trip abroad since taking over as acting secretary \u2014 notes that \u201cNATO contributions do not all boil down to simple dollar amounts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/federal-budget\/2019\/03\/12\/despite-push-for-future-tech-munitions-remain-major-wedge-in-budget\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_0210220166.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Despite push for future tech, munitions remain major wedge in budget<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. is preparing to bolster its munitions stash.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the only hint towards the controversy over transgender servicemembers, Shanahan writes: \u201cWe encourage and welcome all individuals who can meet our exacting requirements to join our military\u2019s ranks. A key element of strengthening our military and increasing lethality is ensuring our warfighters achieve established physical, mental and security vetting standards. War is unforgiving, and our mission demands we remain a standard based organization. In upholding systemically applied standards, we ensure the readiness of our Joint Force and cohesion of our units.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also notes that increased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/02\/17\/mattis-deploy-or-get-out-rule-is-about-fairness\/\" target=_blank>deployability standards<\/a> across the board have lowered the percentage of non-deployed service members from 6.5 to 5.4, or roughly \u201c21,000 fewer non-deployable service members today than eight months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All in all, Shanahan\u2019s comments largely resemble those that might have come from Mattis, which the administration official says is not a surprise, given Shanahan\u2019s support for the NDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTelling people we need to reprioritize away from counter-terrorism operations and focus on Russia and China \u2014 Mattis, as a voice, was uniquely postured to explain that and I think he did,&#8221; the official said. &#8220;The oversight committees are now on board. But the next click down is, what does that mean, and that\u2019s where Shanahan spent the last 18 months and that\u2019s where he will continue to drive if he becomes secretary of defense.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Defense Strategy remains the Pentagon&#8217;s focus under acting Defense Secretary 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