US_National defense strategy to shift from China threat to homeland

THE WASHINGTON TIMES 

National defense strategy to shift from China threat to homeland

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, Sunday, June 22, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to destroy the country’s nuclear program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) … more > 

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Wednesday, September 17, 2025 

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NEWS AND ANALYSIS: 

The Pentagon is in the final stages of producing a new “America First” defense strategy. Early indications suggest the game plan will include a shift away from viewing the threat posed by communist China as a priority. 

A draft of the strategy, now Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s desk and awaiting final approval, is said to alter the first Trump administration’s major focus on deterring adversaries, including an increasingly belligerent and expansionist China. 

Instead, the defense strategy will call for prioritizing defense of the U.S. homeland, specifically, and the Western Hemisphere, in general, according to reports. 

Asked if the forthcoming strategy will shift away from the China threat toward homeland defense, Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell declined to specify. 

“Secretary Hegseth has tasked the development of a National Defense Strategy that is laser focused on advancing President Trump’s commonsense America First, Peace Through Strength agenda,” Mr. Parnell told Inside the Ring. “This process is still ongoing. We do not comment on alleged leaked classified documents to the press.” 

Politico obtained a draft of the forthcoming strategy and reported earlier this month on the proposed changes in priorities.

One sign of a new regional aggressiveness has been the willingness of U.S. warships in recent weeks to sink suspected drug boats off the coast of Venezuela, a South American country the Trump administration has deemed a “narco-state.” 

In addition to the new strategy, the Pentagon is also in the late stages of drafting a review of American forces deployed globally and a review of theater air and missile defense.

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