U.S. to deter China through strength, not confrontation: Pete Hegseth

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that one of the U.S. military's main priorities is to deter China "through strength, not through confrontation," as he reiterated Washington's stance that it has no intention of changing the Taiwan Strait status quo.

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