WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-a member of both the U.S. Senate Committees on Foreign Relations (SFRC) and Armed Services (SASC)-outlined why it is so important for the United States to increase coordination and cooperation with our partners in the Indo-Pacific at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). During the conversation, Duckworth shared her firsthand takeaways from her official trip last week to Taiwan and Japan, as well as her trip in May to the Philippines and Singapore, where she met with top government and economic leaders to discuss how we can strengthen our partnerships and bolster security. Full video of the event can be f...