Under political pressure from Democrats as well as Republicans, Pres. Biden is considering giving a speech in the coming days to address the Chinese spy balloon and the three other shot-down objects, two senior administration officials tell ABC News.
President Joe Biden speaks about the economy at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26 union, in Lanham, Md., Feb. 15, 2023.Under political pressure from Democrats as well as Republicans, President Joe Biden is considering giving a speech in the coming days to address the Chinese spy balloon and the, two senior administration officials confirmed ABC News on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden speaks about the economy at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 26 union, in Lanham, Md., Feb. 15, 2023."There is a lot of information presented to us this morning that could be told to the American people without any harm to sources or methods or our national security and the American people need to know more so they'll have more confidence in our national security," Blumenthal added.
Biden's first public comment on the Chinese spy balloon came on the day it was shot down, when he told reporters hours before the mission, "We're going to take care of it." During an interview with Noticias Telemundo anchor Julio Vaqueiro last week, Biden said the balloon "wasn't a major breach" but was a violation of international law and U.S. airspace.
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