Citing National Security, Eight Former Defense Secretaries Appeal To Congress To Pass TPP

Eight former secretaries of defense – Democrats and Republicans, including Republicans who served under Democratic presidents – have written to congressional leaders urging passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on national security grounds. TPP “is an important step in the process of furthering peace and increasing prosperity here in America and around the globe,” they write in their April 27 letter . “The TPP will deepen relationships with allies in the Asia-Pacific region, strengthen the U.S. economy, establish high standards that...