A bipartisan congressional delegation has sought to ease concerns in Taiwan about a backlog in the weapons the island has ordered from the United States.

“We are moving forward on those weapons systems,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) told reporters Monday in Taipei, Taiwan. “I’d like to see them faster, but they are forthcoming.” 

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