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It is safe to say that the Pentagon and Silicon Valley are very different places. But that gap could potentially harm U.S. national security. Jeff Martin takes an in-depth look at the problem \u2013 and how to fix it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 For the second time in a week, the Pentagon\u2019s top uniformed officer has taken a shot at Google, warning that the tech company\u2019s investments in China<\/a> are doing long-term damage to America\u2019s security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he also plans to meet with the tech giant to “debate\u201d about its roles and responsibilities as a commercial enterprise versus how much the firm owes to America as its home nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my judgment, us assisting the Chinese military in advancing technologically is not in U.S. national interests<\/a>, so it\u2019s a debate we have to have,\u201d Dunford said at a Thursday event hosted by the Atlantic Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more on the split between the tech industry and the Pentagon, click here.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His comments followed up on statements made in a Senate hearing last week, where he said Google was \u201cindirectly benefiting the Chinese military\u201d by its operations in the communist nation. Asked to follow up on those conversations Thursday, the chairman expressed the belief that no company can do work in China without it being siphoned off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTypically if a company does business in China, they are automatically going to be required to have a cell of the Communist Party in that company,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that is going to lead to that intellectual property from that company finding its way to the Chinese military. It is a distinction without a difference between the Chinese Communist Party, the government and the Chinese military.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVentures to help develop artificial intelligence<\/a> in China are going to do two things. They are going to help an authoritarian government to assert control [over] its own population. Again, our country exists for the individual. China exists for the Chinese communist party,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\t