Dave McCormick: “That is the rival that can truly challenge America's role as…”

“That doesn't mean we should take our eye off the ball on the strategic significance of China. There's no doubt that is the existential threat, as we talked about earlier in this discussion. That is the rival that can truly challenge America's role as the global superpower. So we need to do both. But part of doing both is not letting what happened in the previous war again, with all due respect to President Bush, who I …” (45:02–45:09)

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