EXCLUSIVE: James Comer Asks Pentagon For Intel On China’s Deep-Sea Mining Ops

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

A House committee asked the Department of Defense (DOD) Tuesday for a briefing on its efforts to counter China’s deep-sea mining activities, according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News…

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