Capitol Hill dysfunction threatens US-Pacific pacts
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Capitol Hill dysfunction threatens US-Pacific pacts

Legislative dysfunction on Capitol Hill is fueling doubts among U.S. allies in the Asia-Pacific about Washington’s commitment to deterring China in the region’s strategic waterways and archipelagos‚ according to correspondence seen by Semafor. The governments of three island nations — the Republic of Palau‚ the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands — all renewed last year their formal partnership-agreements with the U.S.‚ known as Compacts of Free...