Politico: Lawmakers say they were in the dark on U.S. troop deployment to Taiwan
Two lawmakers on national security committees — one a House Democrat, the other a Senate Republican — said Thursday they were unaware of a U.S. troop deployment in Taiwan where forces are reportedly helping train the island nation’s military.
The acknowledgments from Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), made during POLITICO’s inaugural Defense Forum, came hours after The Wall Street Journal reported that a U.S. special-operations unit and a contingent of Marines have been operating in Taiwan for at least a year.
Asked whether he was informed by Pentagon officials about the U.S. troop presence, Bera said, “not particularly this deployment.”
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