With lawmakers continuing to wrangle over a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, little attention has been paid to the possible cutoff of support for three smaller allies: the Pacific nations of Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands. Abandoning the US’s commitment to these countries could strengthen China and put US troops in the region in greater danger. Congress shouldn’t let that happen.
While small in size, the three island nations are critical to the US position in the Indo-Pacific. Bound by decades-old…
