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(NewsNation) — U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and U.S. Senator Deb Fischer embarked connected a travel to the Indo-Pacific portion connected Friday arsenic portion of efforts to fortify U.S. nationalist information interests.
The Congressional Delegation (CODEL), including Wicker and Fischer, volition archetypal halt astatine subject installations successful Hawaii earlier meetings successful Guam, Tinian, Palau, the Philippines, and astir notably, Taiwan.
“We unrecorded successful the astir unsafe nationalist information infinitesimal since World War II,” Sen. Wicker exclusively told NewsNation earlier his departure.
“Congress plays a vitally important relation successful reassuring U.S. allies and partners of our committedness to maintaining a favorable determination bid successful the Indo-Pacific.”
Wicker added helium was hoping to assistance President Donald Trump successful ensuring the U.S. "maintain bid done strength."
“At a clip of planetary unrest wherever the Chinese Communist Party continues its subject buildup, maintaining a escaped and unfastened Indo-Pacific plays a important relation successful safeguarding our nation’s and our allies’ security," Sen. Fischer said.
"I look guardant to joining Chairman Wicker connected this CODEL to spot firsthand however we tin fortify our posture successful the portion successful bid to safeguard American interests and our allies.”
