Missouri GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, slamming the Biden administration's “lack of transparency' regarding the Chinese balloon.
Chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports that the U.S. will only shoot down the Chinese spy balloon if officials can assure zero civilian casualties.sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin regarding the Chinese spy balloon that is hovering over the state, saying the Biden administration's"lack of transparency is alarming" and called for an investigation into the matter.
Schmitt, who previously served as attorney general of Missouri and was elected to the Senate last November, blamed the Pentagon for refusing to answer questions about the balloon's exact location."Without answers to these critical questions, it is difficult to understand why the Biden Administration decided to allow an asset from a foreign adversary ot invade U.S. airspace," he added."Thesays that this Chinese asset ‘has violated U.S.
"The fact that a Chinese spy balloon is able to fly in American airspace completely undeterred is absolutely ridiculous," Schmitt told Fox News Digital."The Biden Administration needs to answer why this Chinese spy balloon was not taken down over a sparsely populated area before it moved deep into the United States interior, or why they continue to allow it to fly."
"We need answers from President Biden, Secretary Austin, and this administration immediately," said Schmitt.
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