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President Joe Biden speaks Feb. 16, 2023, about the U.S. response to the high-altitude Chinese balloon and three other objects recently shot down by the U.S. military over American airspace.(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden says no evidence yet that unidentified flying objects were tied to China spying
BY: - February 16, 2023

WASHINGTON — In his first address since the U.S. military shot down three unidentified flying objects last weekend, just days after taking down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the actions and said the skies above the U.S. will now be more closely scrutinized. Biden, who was under increasing pressure […]

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon on Feb. 5, 2023, off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Thompson/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

China balloon’s voyage across Alaska, Montana and U.S. enrages members of U.S. Senate panel
BY: - February 9, 2023

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators grilled Pentagon officials Thursday on why a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon was permitted to fly over Alaska and across the lower 48 states before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina. The Senate Committee on Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, led by Montana Democrat Jon Tester, featured […]

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