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PRELUDE TO BIDEN-XI MEETING: After meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department yesterday and national security adviser Jake Sullivan at the White House today, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is expected to get a short, informal audience with President Joe Biden today.
“The PRC pilot flew in an unsafe and unprofessional manner, demonstrated poor airmanship by closing with uncontrolled excessive speed, flying below, in front of, and within 10 feet of the B-52, putting both aircraft in danger of collision,” the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement. “We are concerned this pilot was unaware of how close he came to causing a collision.”
“This report, first and foremost, is a bipartisan call to action,” Sen. Roger Wicker , ranking member of the committee, said. “Beijing has more than doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal. It has expanded its shipbuilding capacity so it is now more — so that the capacity to build ships is now more than 230 times that of the United States — more than 230 times that of the U.S., and it has increased its space-based military capabilities. All of this shifts the orbital balance of power.
“The United States does not seek conflict and has no intention nor desire to engage in further hostilities, but these Iranian-backed attacks against U.S. forces are unacceptable and must stop,” Austin said. “Iran wants to hide its hand and deny its role in these attacks against our forces. We will not let them. If attacks by Iran’s proxies against U.S. forces continue, we will not hesitate to take further necessary measures to protect our people.
“Between October 17 and 26, U.S. and coalition forces have been attacked at least 12 separate times in Iraq, four separate times in Syria, by a mix of one-way attack drones and rockets,” Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said at yesterday’s Pentagon briefing. The most serious attacks were directed against U.S. troops based along the Syrian border with Iraq at al-Tanf and at the Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq in the middle of last week.
“A narrowly tailored strike followed by a press release that borders on apologia is likely insufficient to deter Khamenei and his proxies,” Behnam said in comments emailed to the Washington Examiner. “As the dust clears, Iran is likely to continue its indirect fire on US forces in the region which allow it to strike at the US and avoid direct blame.”
In order to move forward with this method, 60 votes will be needed to move a group of nominees on the Senate floor, which will require votes from nine Republicans to join with all Democrats.
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