Paul D. Shinkman – Yesterday 3:41 PM
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday dismissed the potency of the threat Russia poses to the United States amid new claims from President Vladimir Putin that his ongoing military campaign in Ukraine serves as a first step in the implementation of a new world order.
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Speaking at the public release of the National Defense Strategy, the fourth iteration of a key planning document his office generates roughly every four years, Austin debuted a new classification for the danger posed by Moscow.
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“The NDS describes Russia as an ‘acute threat,’” Austin said. “And we chose the word ‘acute’ carefully.”
“Unlike China, Russia can’t systematically challenge the United States over the long term,” he continued. “But Russian aggression does pose an immediate and sharp threat to our…
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