Chapter 1133 - The Security Treaty In Jeopardy (2/2)

“Those short-sighted people are losing faith in Silicon Valley and Seattle. I have written two plans, but they are all stuck with the Budget Committee. You’re my last resort… I apologize for being rude.”

After Bolden carefully finished his speech, he left from the office

“What are the people in Congress thinking?” Hill frowned. She buried her face between her palms and took a deep breath, closed her eyes for a moment, and looked at the FBA director standing next to her, “Help me find out who it is—”

Hill’s words shocked the FBA Director as he quickly waved his hands.

“This is not in compliance. I won’t help you investigate members of Congress.”

“I think someone is behind the scenes,” Hill said expressionlessly, “Someone was lobbying the Budget Committee to stop government funding. The Minister of Defense asked me to talk about similar issues in the morning.”

This situation was very common. In order to achieve political goals, certain groups or companies often pressured the Capitol through Congress, and the Budget Committee was only one of the means. For example, the famous K Street between Capitol Hill and the Capitol was a reflection of this phenomenon, it could be regarded as the gray area of ​​the democratic system.

Hill’s words made the FBA Director hesitate for a moment, then he reluctantly nodded.

“At best, I can help you keep an eye on who those hearing committee members have been with these days–”

Just then, the door was pushed open again.

Hill suddenly became angry.

“That’s enough, don’t you guys know how to knock on the door?”

“Sorry, I’m really in a hurry.” While Kerry apologized, he quickly walked in and took out the documents under his arm. Then he placed it on her desk with an anxious expression. “Nippon announced that it has joined the Earth Defense Alliance. Our people have just confirmed this news.”

Hill raised an eyebrow, “Just confirmed? What is the CIB doing!”

“They were very careful. Their Congress has not even discussed this matter publicly.”

“It’s not within the rules!”

“It’s not the first time they didn’t follow the rules. Asian countries are all like this!” Kerry couldn’t refrain himself from cussing out.

The cabinet bypassed Congress and made a decision. It was indeed not the first time Nippon has done such a thing. It was just that the last time this happened was for the benefit of the UA, and this time it was to prevent the UA from knowing…

After a pause, Kerry continued with an awkward expression, “The thing that worries us the most still has happened. They are now re-discussing the security treaty with us.”

“How dare they…” Hill suddenly felt a chill down her spine.

The legal basis for the UA troops stationed in Nippon was the ” Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the UA and Nippon” signed on January 9, 1960, which renewed every ten-year period, after which it can be abolished by either party with a one-year notice. After the expiry of the term in 1970, the two countries did not announce the abolition but automatically extended it to this day.

Today, the UA military forces stationed in East Asia were no longer supervising the defeated countries in World War II but were there to achieve the UA Asia-Pacific strategy. Nippon’s willingness to be the pawn of the UA was also an attempt to use its influence as protection for outward expansion.

It was also the fundamental reason why neither party has mentioned the termination of the treaty for more than 40 years.

In order to retain the UA troops, the Nippon government paid 5.2 billion dollars each year despite the anger that brewed in the people.

However, since the T virus incident and since Prime Minister Abe was forced to step down, the right-wing forces were in a slump. Now the rise of Xin and the development of outer space resources completely eliminated Nippon’s goal of outward expansion and so, they completely embraced the Earth Defense Alliance.

In this way, keeping the garrison in Nippon went from a mutually beneficial relationship to UA’s wishful thinking.

While Nippon mentioned that it would re-discuss the treaty, it was likely just a ploy to remove the UA military from its soil.

If the weak performance of the joint fleet in the Western Pacific only slightly weakened Hill’s approval rate, then the loss of the Nippon military base would become an unerasable stain in her political career.

This time, Hillary really started to panic.