militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. now, a white house official be the pentagon tried to walk back the president s comments, insisting the decades old policy of strategic ambiguity has not changed. but the defense secretary had a different explanation than the president when asked if biden s comments could mean putting troops on the ground. putting troops on the ground defend taiwan? our one china policy has not changed. we reiterated that policy in our commitment to peace and stability across the taiwan strait. cnn s jeremy diamond is in tokyo. this is not the first time that president biden said something like this about taiwan. reporter: that s right, alison. it s certainly not, and that is what is is critical to understanding biden s words here. back in august, president biden said we would respond if there s an attack on taiwan. two months after that, he said the u.s. had a commitment to if it were
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acknowledging that white nationalists are indeed racist, was that sufficient for you? i mean, look, it was pretty stunning when we first heard it. i saw it on twitter for the first time. and that was the sort of shocking that he didn t it shouldn t be heard to condemn white nationalism. that shouldn t be a difficult thing. i mean, i m glad i guess under pressure that he has reversed his position. his fellow senator from alabama didn t have a problem condemning white nationalism. so i m glad that under pressure he does seem to move. i wish he would do the same thing with some of his holds on all of our department of defense officials. but under pressure he moved and i guess it s better than nothing. yeah, you re referencing comments from senator katie brit. one thing senator tuberville said last night was if we are going to do i m quoting him now. if we are going to do away with most white people in this country out of the military we ve got huge problems. does it trouble you