Navy Adm. Charles “Chas” A. Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, Wednesday joined a panel discussion on important national security concerns.
“All of us in this room are back in the business of contemplating competition through crisis and possible direct armed conflict with a nuclear-capable peer,” he said.

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