Congressman Andy Kim, whose 3rd Congressional District includes the western half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat Township, hadmainly been focused, like many Democrats, on health care while running for office in 2016.

But Kim has a background in national defense, having served as an adviser to Generals David Petraeus and John Allen in Afghanistan. And the first-term representative currently is a member of the House Armed Services Committee, where he serves as the vice chair of the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and…