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The Pentagon is in the early stages of planning for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to travel to Taiwan later this year as House Republicans focus on China, according to a report on Monday. The trip to the democratic island nation could come as soon as spring, Punchbowl News reported, as the Pentagon works out security logistics for the visit and the expected response from Beijing — which views Taiwan as a breakaway province and has vowed reunification, including by force. China ratcheted up military drills near the island last August when then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) led a...
