U.S. Spy Chief Sees Taiwan Views Hardening for Independence Bloomberg 7 hrs ago Tony Capaccio and Bill Faries
(Bloomberg) The head of the U.S. intelligence community said she sees views in Taiwan “hardening” in favor of independence after China’s moves in recent years to tighten control over Hong Kong.
“I would say that already Taiwan is hardening, to some extent, toward independence as they’re watching, essentially, what happened in Hong Kong, and I think that is an increasing challenge,” Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said in testimony Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Questions about China dominated the “Worldwide Threats” hearing with Haines and Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. U.S.-China ties have remained tense into the Biden administration, which has continued to criticize Beijing’s actions in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and the South China Sea. Haines previous
Reed, Whitehouse secure $22m for clean water investments in Rhode Island
âThe thing that holds us back has always been resources. Plain and simple,â Whitehouse said.
By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated April 23, 2021, 4:37 p.m.
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US Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (center) and Jack Reed (left) call on Congress to put clean water upgrades in new infrastructure bill, a plan that they say would increase the quality of drinking water in Rhode Island.Alexa Gagosz/Globe Staff
PROVIDENCE â For US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, itâs easy to point to why Rhode Islandâs infrastructure grade has been so low, including a grade of âC+â from the American Society of Civil Engineers last year for the stateâs drinking water.
Pakistan has played on both sides of the field in Afghanistan, contributing to the Taliban's success, a senior US senator has reminded his colleagues, a day after Washington announced plans to withdraw all troops from the war-torn Asian country by Se
"This support of the Taliban runs counter to Pakistani cooperation with the United States, including as they have, allowing the use of airspace and other infrastructure for which the United States provided significant funding," he said.