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Since World War II , our world has 

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experienced unprecedented peace and 

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prosperity . Yet emerging threats and 

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cutting edge technologies are changing 

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the face and the pace of warfare . We 

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are dealing with aggressive and 

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expansionary authoritarian powers , 

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something we have not seen for decades . 

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Take the People's Republic of China , 

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the only strategic competitor with the 

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and increasingly the capability to 

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remake the international order that has 

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given so much benefit to so many . For 

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so long , Russia's unjustified and 

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unprovoked attack on Ukraine is putting 

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countless innocent lives at risk . 

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We've seen an alarming increase in the 

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number of unsafe aerial intercepts and 

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confrontations at sea by aircraft and 

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vessels . Space is now a war fighting 

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domain . These threats have driven a 

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cultural shift that has resulted in our 

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new service , new ways of organizing 

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and operating so that we can execute 

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our space missions successfully . War 

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is not inevitable but successfully 

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deterring conflict is heavily dependent 

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on our military capabilities .