🇨🇳 Republican lawmakers keep questioning the readiness of the American military
Republican US Senator Tom Cotton voiced doubt about the US Navy's ability to defeat China in battle, pointing at how the American military has, in his opinion, shifted away from warfighting.
🗣 "Obviously, the Navy has a big and complex task, but the single most important thing we have our surface Navy for is to be ready to fight and defeat the Chinese Navy", Cotton said. "And right now, I have real problems -- real doubts – the Navy has instilled the kind of warfighting mentality that would allow us to accomplish that goal."
The senator asserted that the US "allowed China to steal a march on us that relates especially shipbuilding", pointing at a "massive shipbuilding campaign" by Beijing and suggesting that Washington should follow their lead.
Republican US Senator Tom Cotton voiced doubt about the US Navy's ability to defeat China in battle, pointing at how the American military has, in his opinion, shifted away from warfighting.
🗣 "Obviously, the Navy has a big and complex task, but the single most important thing we have our surface Navy for is to be ready to fight and defeat the Chinese Navy", Cotton said. "And right now, I have real problems -- real doubts – the Navy has instilled the kind of warfighting mentality that would allow us to accomplish that goal."
The senator asserted that the US "allowed China to steal a march on us that relates especially shipbuilding", pointing at a "massive shipbuilding campaign" by Beijing and suggesting that Washington should follow their lead.
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#BREAKING: Biden Administration to announce start of evacuation of Afghan visa applicants, report claims
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#BREAKING: Biden Administration to announce start of evacuation of Afghan visa applicants, report claims
Sources reportedly say evacuation will charter commercial aircraft
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🇦🇫These are Afghani militiamen — yesterday's drivers, farmers and teachers have taken up arms and are voluntarily protecting their homeland from the advancing Taliban (banned in Russia). They are currently defending positions together with government troops near the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Sources reportedly say evacuation will charter commercial aircraft
The Biden administration is set to announce the start of the evacuation of Afghan visa applicants, Reuters has reported, citing two anonymous sources.
The evacuation will be carried out as an operation dubbed "Allied Refuge", the news agency said.
Several media outlets earlier reported that some Afghan applicants for American visas had been experiencing trouble getting them prior to the US exit from Afghanistan.
Many of the applicants fear the Taliban could retaliate against them and their families for helping American and NATO forces.
The evacuation will be carried out as an operation dubbed "Allied Refuge", the news agency said.
Several media outlets earlier reported that some Afghan applicants for American visas had been experiencing trouble getting them prior to the US exit from Afghanistan.
Many of the applicants fear the Taliban could retaliate against them and their families for helping American and NATO forces.
❌ Asylum-seekers trying to reach the US from Cuba and Haiti by sea will be stopped and deported to another country, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Tuesday.
“Allow me to be clear: if you take to the sea, you will not come to the United States,” he insisted.
Mayorkas, himself a Cuban immigrant, said the authorities would ship those claiming asylum to other countries so that they could be dealt with elsewhere — a controversial new trend in handling refugees and political dissidents.
“Allow me to be clear: if you take to the sea, you will not come to the United States,” he insisted.
Mayorkas, himself a Cuban immigrant, said the authorities would ship those claiming asylum to other countries so that they could be dealt with elsewhere — a controversial new trend in handling refugees and political dissidents.
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The Biden administration is set to announce the start of the evacuation of Afghan visa applicants, Reuters has reported, citing two anonymous sources. The evacuation will be carried out as an operation dubbed "Allied Refuge", the news agency said. Several…
#BREAKING: White House confirms operation to relocate Afghans who supported US will begin last week of July
🤔 Former US Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, wanted Donald Trump to lose the 2020 presidential race on election night, according to claims made in a new book by Pullitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker.
An excerpt from the book, ennoscriptd 'I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year', recounts how Esper told his colleagues on election night that he had started "rooting for Democrats" while watching the news coverage of the vote.
Donald Trump sacked Esper on 9 November 2020, less than a week after the US voted.
An excerpt from the book, ennoscriptd 'I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year', recounts how Esper told his colleagues on election night that he had started "rooting for Democrats" while watching the news coverage of the vote.
Donald Trump sacked Esper on 9 November 2020, less than a week after the US voted.
⏳The US is still reviewing Haiti’s request for additional aid and troops after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
“We've also responded to a number of their specific requests in terms of personnel and aid and assistance on the law enforcement front as they are working to move the investigation forward”, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
Jovenel Moise was shot dead at his residence last week. His wife, Martine Moïse, was wounded and airlifted to a US hospital.
“We've also responded to a number of their specific requests in terms of personnel and aid and assistance on the law enforcement front as they are working to move the investigation forward”, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
Jovenel Moise was shot dead at his residence last week. His wife, Martine Moïse, was wounded and airlifted to a US hospital.
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🇨🇺Activists outside UN HQ in New York demand that the world intervene in the situation in protest-hit Cuba
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Comparatively, for the 12-month period ending in December 2019, an estimated 72,151 overdose deaths were recorded.
Drug overdose deaths in the US surged to a record in 2020, with an estimated 93,331 overdose deaths logged for the 12-month period ending in December 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Comparatively, for the 12-month period ending in December 2019, an estimated 72,151 overdose deaths were recorded.
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🇨🇺 Several dozen people have gathered outside the White House chanting slogans in support of the ongoing protests in Cuba.