Sen. Tom Cotton had raised concerns over reports that Microsoft hired Chinese engineers to work on the Defense Department’s cloud system.
The Microsoft logo in Issy-les-Moulineaux outside Paris on April 12, 2016. Michel Euler/The Canadian Press/AP
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Microsoft said on July 18 that it will no longer depend on engineers based in China to provide technical support for maintaining the Department of Defense’s cloud system.
The announcement came after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon was looking into reports that Microsoft had employed engineers in China in that role.
Aldgra Fredly is a freelance writer covering U.S. and Asia Pacific news for The Epoch Times.
