1 00:00:01,620 --> 00:00:03,842 I'm First Lieutenant Tiffany cao now be 2 00:00:03,842 --> 00:00:06,064 providing the unclassified china threat 3 00:00:06,064 --> 00:00:08,231 brief at the Senior leader orientation 4 00:00:08,231 --> 00:00:11,070 conference in Washington D . C . So the 5 00:00:11,070 --> 00:00:13,270 phrase of free and open in the pacific 6 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:15,391 is a concept that the U . S . And our 7 00:00:15,391 --> 00:00:18,110 allies are pushing in the region . This 8 00:00:18,110 --> 00:00:20,810 concept refers to the phrase that every 9 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:22,764 country regardless of size will be 10 00:00:22,764 --> 00:00:24,920 freely able to fly , sail and operate 11 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,830 wherever international law allows . A 12 00:00:27,830 --> 00:00:30,050 free and open . Indo pacific is very 13 00:00:30,050 --> 00:00:32,150 important to United States foreign 14 00:00:32,150 --> 00:00:34,330 policy . It's important to our allies 15 00:00:34,330 --> 00:00:37,360 in the area and when the briefer put up 16 00:00:37,370 --> 00:00:40,030 all of the places that china is and is 17 00:00:40,030 --> 00:00:42,870 trying to develop infrastructure , you 18 00:00:42,870 --> 00:00:44,814 could really see the importance of 19 00:00:44,814 --> 00:00:46,703 having a U . S . Presence in Guam 20 00:00:46,703 --> 00:00:49,085 paying attention to what's going on in 21 00:00:49,085 --> 00:00:53,085 the indo pacific the location of Guam 22 00:00:53,085 --> 00:00:55,085 and Andersen air Force base and its 23 00:00:55,085 --> 00:00:57,141 proximity to china kind of tells you 24 00:00:57,141 --> 00:00:59,855 how important Anderson is . You hear 25 00:00:59,855 --> 00:01:01,911 little bits and pieces about certain 26 00:01:01,911 --> 00:01:04,077 activities that china is engaged in on 27 00:01:04,077 --> 00:01:06,605 the news . China is definitely doing 28 00:01:06,605 --> 00:01:09,820 something that is threatening . They're 29 00:01:09,820 --> 00:01:11,653 just becoming aggressive . Their 30 00:01:11,653 --> 00:01:13,820 military is growing just what are they 31 00:01:13,820 --> 00:01:15,840 up to . It's important that the 32 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,180 military and the country as a whole pay 33 00:01:18,180 --> 00:01:20,590 attention to china and china's action 34 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,520 because china basically has an 35 00:01:22,530 --> 00:01:24,940 influence in everything in the american 36 00:01:24,940 --> 00:01:27,160 business and the american economy . 37 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:31,011 So the purpose of bringing this brief 38 00:01:31,011 --> 00:01:33,011 to D . C . Just basically shows how 39 00:01:33,011 --> 00:01:35,460 important the threat that china is . So 40 00:01:35,460 --> 00:01:37,682 letting the people in D . C . Know that 41 00:01:37,682 --> 00:01:40,770 we're here fighting in Guam um against 42 00:01:40,770 --> 00:01:43,100 this challenge that the US has deemed 43 00:01:43,110 --> 00:01:44,680 their biggest competitor today .