Pentagon: US defense budget for 2024 is designed to stop China in the Indo-Pacific region The Pentagon's fiscal year 2024 budget is designed in part to contain China in the Indo-Pacific region. According to APA, this was said by Kathleen Hicks, First Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States, at a briefing held on Monday. "Our goal is to limit, because competition does not mean conflict. However, if we must fight, we must have the fighting ability to win," Hicks said.
The Pentagon's fiscal year 2024 budget is designed in part to contain China in the Indo-Pacific region.
According to APA, this was said by Kathleen Hicks, First Deputy Secretary of Defense of the United States, at a briefing held on Monday.
"Our goal is to limit, because competition does not mean conflict.
However, if we must fight, we must have the fighting ability to win," Hicks said.