Tag: Executive Branch

Amid Spy Balloon Controversy, Biden Admin Approves $2.1 Billion Aid Package to Defend Ukrainian Skies

February 5, 2023
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As national attention was captured by a Chinese surveillance balloon flying over the United States, the Biden administration has approved another $2.1 billion military aid package to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense arsenal. The package includes $425 million in arms and equipment drawn from existing U.S. stockpiles, as well as $1.75 billion in Ukraine Assistance Security…

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House Defense Panel to Hold Hearing for ‘Real Answers’ Over Chinese Balloon: Sen. Jon Tester

February 5, 2023
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The Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee will hold a hearing to get answers surrounding the suspected Chinese spy balloon that floated over the United States. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), chair of the Senate defense subcommittee, announced on Friday that Biden administration officials will have to answer questions about the balloon, which was first detected in the…

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Senate Defense Panel to Hold Hearing for ‘Real Answers’ Over Chinese Balloon: Sen. Jon Tester

February 5, 2023
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The Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee will hold a hearing to get answers surrounding the suspected Chinese spy balloon that floated over the United States. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), chair of the Senate defense subcommittee, announced on Friday that Biden administration officials will have to answer questions about the balloon, which was first detected in the…

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US Extends Protection for Hong Kong Residents, Citing Chinese Repression

February 5, 2023
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On Jan. 26, President Joe Biden announced the extension of Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for eligible Hong Kong residents for two years. The DED had been set to expire on Feb. 5. DED is a program authorized at the discretion of the U.S. president, which protects certain individuals from deportation and allows them to live…

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Former Coast Guardsman Separated for Refusing Vaccine Says He Was Forced to Pay Back Reenlistment Bonus

February 5, 2023
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A former Coast Guard service member who was last year discharged for objecting to the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate said he was forced to pay back a reenlistment bonus, which another former officer described as “an attempt to humiliate” members who opposed the vaccine mandate. Phil Southwell had served the country for almost 13 years before…

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GOP Fights Biden Deal That Lets Other Countries Tax US-Based Profits

February 4, 2023
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In one of the more unusual tactics to bring the United States into compliance with international agreements, the Biden administration has signed on to a global tax agreement that gives Congress the choice of either approving the deal or watching American companies suffer from foreign tax penalties. Congress this week said it would do neither….

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Chinese Spy Ballon Shot Down, Falling Toward Atlantic

February 4, 2023
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The Chinese surveillance balloon drifting east toward the Atlantic Ocean has been shot down by the U.S. military and is now falling into the sea, video shows. The news came shortly after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights in three airports in the Carolinas as the Chinese surveillance balloon makes its way eastward past these…

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Chinese Spy Balloon Shot Down, Falling Toward Atlantic

February 4, 2023
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The Chinese surveillance balloon drifting east toward the Atlantic Ocean has been shot down by the U.S. military and is now falling into the sea, video shows. The news came shortly after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights in three airports in the Carolinas as the Chinese surveillance balloon makes its way eastward past these…

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Biden on Chinese Spy Balloon: ‘We’re Going to Take Care of It’

February 4, 2023
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President Joe Biden on Feb. 4 said the United States is going to “take care of” the spy balloon that has been allowed to fly over the country. “We’re going to take care of it,” Biden told reporters after Air Force One landed at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in Syracuse, New York. Biden, who…

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Another Chinese Spy Balloon Traveling Over Latin America, Pentagon Says

February 3, 2023
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A second Chinese spy balloon is currently traversing Latin America, Pentagon confirmed late on Feb. 3 amid rising concern about a Chinese surveillance balloon hovering eastward across the continental United States. “We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon,” Pentagon press secretary Brig. Gen….

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