Canceling U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken long-planned trip underscores how seriously the White House views the incident
a suspected Chinese spy balloonThe decision came hours after the Chinese government confirmed the massive balloon belonged to them, while insisting it wasCanceling the long-planned trip underscores how seriously the White House views the incident despite the Chinese government’s public attempt at contrition. Blinken would’ve been the highest-ranking Biden Administration official to visit China and the first U.S. secretary of state to go to Beijing in six years.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem on Jan. 31, 2023.The balloon has never posed a risk to Americans’ safety but it does remain over the U.S., and is expected to stay for a “few days,” he told reporters at the Pentagon. “It violated U.S. airspace,” he said. “It violated international law. We’ve communicated that to the government of China.”that the balloon did come from China.
Republicans in Congress took notice. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy demanded a briefing for the “Gang of Eight,” a colloquial term for the Republican and Democrat Congressional leaders who are informed on classified intelligence matters from the executive branch. Meanwhile, Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas called for the abrupt cancellation of Blinken’s trip.
Flights to and from Billings Logan International Airport were halted on Wednesday as U.S. commanders determined what to do with the balloon. In the end, following recommendations of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley and General Glen VanHerck, commander of U.S.
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